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I think if I was in the shoes of the forecaster, I would do the same thing. There are some questionable signs pointing toward 35kt and some other signs pointing toward 30kt. Since land isn't threatened, stick with persistance, the golden rule of the tropics. It'll be best once sunrise comes to get a better idea of the system. With that in mind, my money will go down saying the this will be Beatriz at 11am, unless sudden cyclolysis occurs.
I agree senorpepr. I think Brent's beef is if Arlene was a Tropical storm looking like she did then certainly TD2E is. However, there is one major difference. With Arlene you had Recon missions confirming data, with this you do not. I think that TD2E looks better than Arlene ever did.





