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HURRICANE RICK DISCUSSION NUMBER  17
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL   EP202009
800 AM PDT MON OCT 19 2009

SOUTHWESTERLY SHEAR...ANALYZED AT 15 TO 20 KNOTS BY THE SHIPS MODEL
AND UW-CIMSS...APPEARS TO BE TAKING A TOLL ON RICK. THE CLOUD
PATTERN HAS CONTINUED TO DETERIORATE...WITH AN EROSION OF THE COLD
CLOUD TOPS IN THE WESTERN SEMICIRCLE AND THE DISAPPEARANCE OF THE
EYE IN GEOSTATIONARY IMAGERY. AN AMSR-E PASS FROM 0913 UTC SHOWED
THAT THE SOUTHWESTERN EYEWALL HAS ERODED AND ALSO SUGGESTS THAT THE
CIRCULATION MAY BE BECOMING VERTICALLY TILTED. SATELLITE INTENSITY
ESTIMATES HAVE DECREASED...AND THE INITIAL INTENSITY OF 100 KT IS
BASED ON A BLEND OF DVORAK DATA-T NUMBERS AND CI-NUMBERS FROM
TAFB...SAB...AND THE UW-CIMSS ADT. AN AIR FORCE RESERVE
RECONNAISSANCE AIRCRAFT IS CURRENTLY EN ROUTE TO INVESTIGATE RICK
AND WILL PROVIDE VALUABLE DATA TO HELP DETERMINE THE INTENSITY AND
STRUCTURE OF THE HURRICANE LATER TODAY.
 
THE SHIPS MODEL SUGGESTS THAT RICK WILL BE EXPERIENCING VERTICAL
SHEAR OF 15 TO 20 KNOTS FOR MOST OF THE FORECAST PERIOD...EXCEPT
FOR A BRIEF REDUCTION BETWEEN 12 AND 24 HOURS. GIVEN THIS...ALONG
WITH CURRENT SATELLITE TRENDS...THE INTENSITY FORECAST HAS BEEN
ADJUSTED DOWNWARD...BUT REMAINS ABOVE THE ICON INTENSITY CONSENSUS
THROUGH 24 HOURS OUT OF RESPECT FOR CONTINUITY. BEYOND 24 HOURS THE
OFFICIAL FORECAST IS CLOSE TO ICON AND SHOWS RICK WEAKENING TO A
TROPICAL STORM IN 72 HOURS AFTER MAKING LANDFALL IN MAINLAND
MEXICO.
 
THE INITIAL MOTION ESTIMATE IS 305/08...A LITTLE TO THE LEFT OF THE
PREVIOUS PACKAGE BASED ON GEOSTATIONARY AND MICROWAVE IMAGERY. RICK
SEEMS TO BE SLOWING DOWN AS THE SUBTROPICAL RIDGE NORTH OF THE
HURRICANE WEAKENS DUE TO A PAIR OF SHORTWAVE TROUGHS DIGGING INTO
THE SOUTHWESTERN UNITED STATES OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS. MOST
OF THE TRACK GUIDANCE REMAINS TIGHTLY CLUSTERED AROUND A SCENARIO
THAT SHOWS RICK ACCELERATING TOWARD THE NORTH AND NORTHEAST AS IT
INTERACTS WITH THE AFOREMENTIONED TROUGHS. AN ALTERNATIVE SCENARIO
...WHERE THE CIRCULATION OF RICK BECOMES VERTICALLY DECOUPLED
LEAVING THE LOW-LEVEL CENTER BEHIND...IS REPRESENTED BY THE UKMET
MODEL AND THE SHALLOW BAM. THE OFFICIAL FORECAST FOLLOWS THE FIRST
SCENARIO...AND IS ADJUSTED SLIGHTLY TO THE RIGHT OF THE PREVIOUS
FORECAST BEYOND 12 HOURS TOWARD THE MODEL CONSENSUS. IN THE FIRST
12 HOURS...THE FORECAST IS SLIGHTLY LEFT OF THE PREVIOUS PACKAGE
DUE TO THE INITIAL POSITION AND MOTION.
 
THE INITIAL WIND RADII WERE ADJUSTED BASED ON INFORMATION FROM AN
ASCAT PASS AT AROUND 0500 UTC.

FORECAST POSITIONS AND MAX WINDS
 
INITIAL      19/1500Z 17.8N 111.6W   100 KT
 12HR VT     20/0000Z 18.6N 112.2W    90 KT
 24HR VT     20/1200Z 19.7N 111.9W    80 KT
 36HR VT     21/0000Z 21.1N 111.0W    75 KT
 48HR VT     21/1200Z 22.8N 109.6W    70 KT
 72HR VT     22/1200Z 25.5N 106.5W    35 KT...INLAND
 96HR VT     23/1200Z...DISSIPATED
 
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FORECASTER BRENNAN
 
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