ZCZC MIATCDEP2 ALL TTAA00 KNHC DDHHMM REMNANTS OF BARBARA DISCUSSION NUMBER 10 NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL EP022013 200 PM PDT THU MAY 30 2013 THREE SURFACE OBSERVING SITES NEAR COATZACOALCOS MEXICO HAVE BEEN PERSISTENTLY REPORTING WINDS FROM THE SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST...YET HIGH-RESOLUTION VISIBLE SATELLITE IMAGES HAVE BEEN SUGGESTING A WEAK CIRCULATION CENTERED TO THE EAST OF THESE SITES. APPARENTLY THE LATTER CIRCULATION IS EITHER NOT AT THE SURFACE OR IS EXTREMELY WEAK AND ILL DEFINED. SINCE BARBARA DOES NOT HAVE A WELL-DEFINED CENTER OF SURFACE CIRCULATION AND LACKS SUFFICIENT ORGANIZED DEEP CONVECTION...IT NO LONGER QUALIFIES AS A TROPICAL CYCLONE...AND ADVISORIES ARE BEING DISCONTINUED. OUR OPERATIONAL ASSESSMENT IS THAT BARBARA DID NOT MAKE IT INTO THE GULF OF MEXICO AS A TROPICAL CYCLONE. ALTHOUGH THE CYCLONE HAS DISSIPATED...DISTURBED WEATHER ASSOCIATED WITH THE REMNANTS OF BARBARA IS LIKELY TO PERSIST OVER SOUTHEASTERN MEXICO AND PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AMERICA FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS...AND A HEIGHTENED RISK OF DANGEROUS FLOODING AND MUD SLIDES WILL CONTINUE OVER THIS REGION. FORECAST POSITIONS AND MAX WINDS INIT 30/2100Z 18.5N 94.5W 20 KT 25 MPH...REMNANTS 12H 31/0600Z...DISSIPATED $$ FORECASTER PASCH NNNN
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