ScottNAtlanta wrote:Ubuntwo wrote:Aric Dunn wrote:
There have been 3 ASCAT showing a closed circ each of which showed increasing symmetry. convection has been maintaining for over 24 hours
sheared at first, but no longer. They are hesitant because the models dont like it.
Sure the models like it... Euro and GFS bring it to a borderline TS, HWRF is all the way up to high-end cat 2, and HMON has it as a high-end TS.
Why jump the gun on a system far from land with at least two days of favorable conditions to go?
Maybe because it meets the definition of a depression as outlined by the NHC now?
The last ASCAT pass was still elongated and not fully pinched off - yes it was close but for something like this they usually like verbatim evidence. Not my judgement, the NHC's.