ZCZC MIATCDEP2 ALL TTAA00 KNHC DDHHMM TROPICAL STORM FELICIA DISCUSSION NUMBER 3 NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL EP072015 200 PM PDT THU JUL 23 2015 Felicia is apparently experiencing a less conducive environment sooner than anticipated. The coverage and intensity of deep convection has diminished since earlier today, and the center of the storm has become exposed to the northwest of the main area of thunderstorms. The current intensity is held at 35 kt in accordance with the Dvorak rules. Over the next day or two, the cyclone is expected to move over cooler waters, and into a more stable air mass. The latter is evidenced by the field of stratocumulus seen to its northwest. Weakening to a depression is likely to occur tomorrow, and Felicia should become a remnant low on Saturday. If current trends continue, however, the system could weaken sooner than shown here. The NHC intensity forecast is close to the SHIPS guidance. The motion, 310/11 kt, is about the same as before. Over the next day or so, Felicia should be be steered by the flow on the southwestern periphery of a mid-tropospheric anticyclone centered over the Southern Plains of the United States. Thereafter, the increasingly shallow vortex should move west-northwestward to westward within the lower-tropospheric flow. The official track forecast is similar to, but a little faster than, the previous forecast. This is slightly slower than the latest consensus model guidance. FORECAST POSITIONS AND MAX WINDS INIT 23/2100Z 19.8N 115.8W 35 KT 40 MPH 12H 24/0600Z 20.7N 116.9W 35 KT 40 MPH 24H 24/1800Z 21.7N 118.5W 30 KT 35 MPH 36H 25/0600Z 22.4N 120.1W 30 KT 35 MPH 48H 25/1800Z 22.8N 121.6W 25 KT 30 MPH...POST-TROP/REMNT LOW 72H 26/1800Z 23.0N 124.5W 20 KT 25 MPH...POST-TROP/REMNT LOW 96H 27/1800Z...DISSIPATED $$ Forecaster Pasch NNNN
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