ZCZC HFOTCDCP2 ALL TTAA00 PHFO DDHHMM Tropical Storm Douglas Discussion Number 34 NWS Central Pacific Hurricane Center Honolulu HI EP082020 1100 AM HST Tue Jul 28 2020 There has been no deep convection associated with the low level circulation center (LLCC) of Douglas for over 6 hours, leaving the LLCC completely exposed and easy to track. Thanks to persistent 25 kt of southwesterly vertical wind shear, the closest deep convection has been displaced over 100 nm to the northeast. Time as a tropical cyclone is short for this system as it continues to track west northwestward, spreading tropical storm force winds through the Papahanaumokuakea Marine National Monument far northwest of the main Hawaiian Islands. Subjective Dvorak satellite intensity estimates range from 2.0/30 kt, from HFO and SAB, to 2.5/35 kt from JTWC. UW-CIMSS ADT is 39 kt. An ASCAT pass last evening reasonably justified a 45 kt strength 6 hours ago, but Douglas is likely weaker than that now. Douglas was a category 1 hurricane slightly more than 24 hours ago, so some constraint must be applied in the drive to weaken this system. Given all these factors, initial intensity is set at 40 kt for this forecast cycle. Initial motion is 290/16 kt, part of a long term trend as Douglas moves west northwestward along the southern flank of a low to mid- level ridge. The forecast track is very close to the previous one, tracing a shallow arc along GEMI and HCCA in the middle of the tight guidance envelope. Vertical shear is forecast to decrease while SST rises modestly along the forecast track but, without deep convection, Douglas will not recover as a tropical system. However, global models maintain a circulation center through 60 hours, suggesting a prolonged life as a post-tropical remnant low before total dissipation somewhere west of the dateline. For this forecast cycle, Douglas is generously given another 24 hours as a weakening tropical cyclone, followed by transition to a post tropical remnant low at 36 hours just within the Central North Pacific. FORECAST POSITIONS AND MAX WINDS INIT 28/2100Z 24.5N 168.6W 40 KT 45 MPH 12H 29/0600Z 24.9N 171.4W 35 KT 40 MPH 24H 29/1800Z 25.4N 175.4W 35 KT 40 MPH 36H 30/0600Z 26.0N 179.4W 30 KT 35 MPH...POST-TROP/REMNT LOW 48H 30/1800Z 27.0N 176.7E 25 KT 30 MPH...POST-TROP/REMNT LOW 60H 31/0600Z 28.0N 172.8E 25 KT 30 MPH...POST-TROP/REMNT LOW 72H 31/1800Z...DISSIPATED $$ Forecaster Powell NNNN
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