Shear and drier air from the ULL that was in the Western GOM has blasted off the convection from the LLCC ... as seen on this 24 hour Water Vapor Loop. Although the convection was vigorous this afternoon (divergent shear over the LLCC) it obviously has faded and well removed from the center.
http://www.meteo.psu.edu/ewall/SAT_US/animwv.html
The ULL that had hovered and drifted WSW 2 days ago has gotten "kicked" east and ENE today and taken its toll on Henri. IMHO, Henri doesn't look like a tropical storm, however, Henri remains tropical ... for now. The ULL and the trough digging down from a 500mb vort is responsible for pulling the GOM ULL ENE and is already in AL/GA tonight. The LLCC isn't moving much due to the shallow nature and being controlled by a weak low level steering flow. General consensus and model guidance takes Henri (or what's left of Henri) slowly NE for the next couple of days when the solutions become a little divergent. IMO, Henri will become extratropical in the next 72 hours, if not sooner.
SF
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