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Tropical Storm Blas Discussion Number 24
NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL EP022022
900 PM MDT Sun Jun 19 2022
Satellite imagery indicates that Blas has lost any organized deep
convection, with only a few small blobs of activity well northeast
of the center. Dvorak estimates still support keeping Blas a
tropical storm for this advisory. The cyclone should not be long
for this world due to the continuing influences of dry air and cool
waters. Most likely, Blas will weaken into a tropical depression
early Monday and a convection-free remnant low by Monday afternoon.
This is the solution provided by much of the guidance, and little
change was made to the previous NHC forecast.
Blas is moving slowly westward tonight at around 4 kt. The storm
should creep westward for the next couple of days within the weak
low-level trade flow. The global models generally show Blas
degenerating into a trough on day 3, so the dissipation time has
been moved up to 60 h. The track forecast is very close to the
previous one and the model consensus aids.
FORECAST POSITIONS AND MAX WINDS
INIT 20/0300Z 19.1N 112.9W 35 KT 40 MPH
12H 20/1200Z 19.2N 113.5W 30 KT 35 MPH...POST-TROP/REMNT LOW
24H 21/0000Z 19.3N 114.5W 25 KT 30 MPH...POST-TROP/REMNT LOW
36H 21/1200Z 19.5N 115.4W 25 KT 30 MPH...POST-TROP/REMNT LOW
48H 22/0000Z 19.7N 116.4W 20 KT 25 MPH...POST-TROP/REMNT LOW
60H 22/1200Z...DISSIPATED
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Forecaster Blake
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