ZCZC MIATCDEP2 ALL TTAA00 KNHC DDHHMM TROPICAL STORM AGATHA DISCUSSION NUMBER 11 NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL EP022016 800 AM PDT MON JUL 04 2016 Agatha's center is exposed to the southwest of a diminishing area of deep convection. The current intensity is held at 35 kt in accordance with a Dvorak estimate from TAFB, although this may be generous. A broad upper-level trough to the west of the tropical cyclone is imparting about 25 kt of southwesterly shear over Agatha. The dynamical guidance indicates that this shear will increase some more and this, along with cooling ocean waters and dry air, should cause the cyclone to weaken and degenerate into a remnant low by Tuesday. The official intensity forecast is in good agreement with the latest LGEM guidance. A mainly westward motion, or 280/11 kt, continues while Agatha is steered by the flow to the south of a mid-level ridge. There is no significant change to the track forecast. The weakening and increasingly shallow cyclone should continue on a generally westward course following the low-level easterlies. The official track forecast is an extension of the previous one and is in good agreement with the dynamical model consensus. FORECAST POSITIONS AND MAX WINDS INIT 04/1500Z 18.4N 128.2W 35 KT 40 MPH 12H 05/0000Z 18.7N 129.6W 30 KT 35 MPH 24H 05/1200Z 18.9N 131.5W 25 KT 30 MPH...POST-TROP/REMNT LOW 36H 06/0000Z 19.0N 133.4W 20 KT 25 MPH...POST-TROP/REMNT LOW 48H 06/1200Z 18.9N 135.4W 20 KT 25 MPH...POST-TROP/REMNT LOW 72H 07/1200Z...DISSIPATED $$ Forecaster Pasch NNNN
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