Tropical Depression TWENTY-E
ZCZC MIATCDEP5 ALL TTAA00 KNHC DDHHMM TROPICAL DEPRESSION TWENTY-E DISCUSSION NUMBER 3 NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL EP202006 100 PM PST SAT NOV 11 2006 THE PREVIOUS OFFICIAL FORECAST WAS PREDICATED ON THE DEPRESSION MAINTAINING A LESS ELONGATED CIRCULATION...BUT IT HAS FAILED TO DO SO. IN FACT...AS SUGGESTED BY THE QUIKSCAT AMBIGUITY DATA FROM THIS MORNING...HIGH-RESOLUTION VISIBLE IMAGERY INDICATES THE CIRCULATION HAS ELONGATED TO THE POINT OF BEING AN OPEN TROUGH...EMBEDDED WITHIN THE LARGER TROUGH EXTENDING HUNDREDS OF MILES NORTHEASTWARD FROM THE INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE TO NEAR THE COAST OF MEXICO. THE DEPRESSION NO LONGER QUALIFIES AS A TROPICAL CYCLONE...AND THIS WILL BE THE LAST ADVISORY ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER UNLESS REGENERATION OCCURS. THE LARGER TROUGH IS FORECAST BY THE GLOBAL MODELS TO MOVE SLOWLY WESTWARD AND GRADUALLY WEAKEN DURING THE NEXT FEW DAYS. FORECAST POSITIONS AND MAX WINDS INITIAL 11/2100Z 12.0N 114.0W 25 KT...DISSIPATING 12HR VT 12/0600Z...DISSIPATED $$ FORECASTER KNABB NNNN