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TROPICAL STORM HUMBERTO DISCUSSION NUMBER  26
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
5 PM EDT THU SEP 27 2001

HUMBERTO'S CLOUD PATTERN HAS DETERIORATED RAPIDLY TODAY.  THE
REMAINING CONVECTIVE CLOUD MASS HAS BECOME ELONGATED...DISTORTED
...AND REMOVED FROM THE LOW-LEVEL CENTER.  IT IS ASSUMED THAT THE
SYSTEM IS IN THE PROCESS OF LOSING ITS TROPICAL CHARACTERISTICS.
HUMBERTO'S EXTRATROPICAL REMNANT SHOULD BECOME ABSORBED INTO THE
VERY LARGE CYCLONIC CIRCULATION OVER THE NORTHERN ATLANTIC IN A DAY
OR SO.

MOTION HAS BEEN SLIGHTLY SOUTH OF EAST NEAR 27 KNOTS.  THIS  GENERAL 
TRACK SHOULD CONTINUE UNTIL THE CENTER DISSIPATES. 

SINCE HUMBERTO IS MAKING THE TRANSITION TO AN EXTRATROPICAL 
CYCLONE...THIS IS THE LAST ADVISORY FROM THE NATIONAL HURRICANE 
CENTER.
 
FORECASTER PASCH/FORMOSA
 
FORECAST POSITIONS AND MAX WINDS
 
INITIAL     27/2100Z 41.4N  43.0W    45 KTS
12HR VT     28/0600Z 41.0N  37.5W    40 KTS...EXTRATROPICAL
24HR VT     28/1800Z 40.0N  30.0W    35 KTS...EXTRATROPICAL
36HR VT     29/0600Z...EXTRATROPICAL
 
 
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