000 WTPZ43 KNHC 280236 TCDEP3 POST-TROPICAL CYCLONE MIRIAM DISCUSSION NUMBER 25 NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL EP132012 800 PM PDT THU SEP 27 2012 MIRIAM HAS NOT PRODUCED DEEP CONVECTION FOR ABOUT 12 TO 15 HOURS... AND IT THEREFORE NO LONGER QUALIFIES AS A TROPICAL CYCLONE. MIRIAM HAS BECOME A REMNANT LOW...AND THIS IS THE LAST ADVISORY THAT NHC WILL ISSUE. THE ADVISORY INTENSITY IS BEING HELD AT 30 KT BASED ON AN EARLIER ASCAT PASS...BUT THE WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO DECREASE AS THE CYCLONE REMAINS OVER COLD WATER. DISSIPATION IS FORECAST IN ABOUT 3 DAYS. MIRIAM HAS BEEN NEARLY STATIONARY SINCE THE LAST ADVISORY...BUT THE REMNANT LOW IS EXPECTED TO DRIFT SOUTHWARD DURING THE NEXT FEW DAYS SINCE IT IS BEING BLOCKED BY A LOW-LEVEL RIDGE TO ITS NORTH. THE UPDATED NHC TRACK FORECAST IS LARGELY UNCHANGED FROM THE PREVIOUS ONE. THE CENTRAL PRESSURE OF MIRIAM WAS LOWERED DUE TO A REPORT OF 1000.2 MB AND 24 KT OF WIND FROM THE SHIP MONTE VERDE...DCPC2. FORECAST POSITIONS AND MAX WINDS INIT 28/0300Z 22.0N 116.7W 30 KT 35 MPH...POST-TROP/REMNT LOW 12H 28/1200Z 21.7N 116.7W 25 KT 30 MPH...POST-TROP/REMNT LOW 24H 29/0000Z 21.4N 116.6W 20 KT 25 MPH...POST-TROP/REMNT LOW 36H 29/1200Z 21.2N 116.4W 20 KT 25 MPH...POST-TROP/REMNT LOW 48H 30/0000Z 20.9N 116.4W 20 KT 25 MPH...POST-TROP/REMNT LOW 72H 01/0000Z...DISSIPATED $$ FORECASTER BERG