ZCZC MIATCDEP5 ALL TTAA00 KNHC DDHHMM TROPICAL STORM IVETTE DISCUSSION NUMBER 21 NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL EP102016 200 PM PDT SUN AUG 07 2016 The burst of deep convection from earlier has begun to diminish, leaving Ivette's low-level center exposed. A Dvorak satellite classification of T2.5 is used to lower the initial intensity estimate to 35 kt on this advisory. Ivette is living on borrowed time, according to the global models. Although another diurnal burst of convection is possible again tonight, even greater southwesterly shear, combined with an increasingly drier and more stable air, should soon contribute to Ivette's demise. The official NHC forecast shows the cyclone slowly weakening during the next day or so and becoming a remnant low in 36 hours. Dissipation is forecast in about 2 days. Ivette continues on a west-northwestward track or 290/09. This general motion is forecast to continue for another 12 hours or so. However, a westward and then west-southwestward change in the cyclone's heading is likely after that time when Ivette becomes a shallower cyclone. The new NHC forecast track is about the same as the previous one and is very near the multi-model consensus. FORECAST POSITIONS AND MAX WINDS INIT 07/2100Z 17.3N 139.0W 35 KT 40 MPH 12H 08/0600Z 17.9N 140.2W 35 KT 40 MPH 24H 08/1800Z 18.4N 141.7W 30 KT 35 MPH 36H 09/0600Z 18.3N 143.7W 25 KT 30 MPH...POST-TROP/REMNT LOW 48H 09/1800Z 18.1N 145.7W 20 KT 25 MPH...POST-TROP/REMNT LOW 72H 10/1800Z...DISSIPATED $$ Forecaster Kimberlain NNNN