ZCZC MIATCDEP2 ALL TTAA00 KNHC DDHHMM Tropical Depression Blanca Discussion Number 14 NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL EP022021 900 PM MDT Wed Jun 02 2021 For the most part, Blanca consists of a swirl of low-level clouds with shallow convection, and a few isolated deeper cells, located at least 50 n mi east of the center of circulation. Based on that structure alone, Blanca is close to becoming a remnant low. Maximum winds are still estimated to be 30 kt as a blend of earlier scatterometer data and the latest Dvorak CI numbers, which range between 30 and 35 kt from TAFB and the UW-CIMSS ADT. Southwesterly shear of about 20 kt is forecast to strengthen further during the next 36 hours, and with Blanca moving into a drier and more subsident environment, at best the cyclone will only be able to produce occasional and temporary bursts of convection. Therefore, Blanca is now expected to lose its tropical cyclone characteristics, and become a remnant low, by this time tomorrow. Its winds will continue to gradually diminish, and the remnant low is likely to dissipate in 4 or 5 days. Blanca appears to have lost some latitude, and is moving slowly south-of-due-west (265/4 kt). Now a shallow cyclone, Blanca is forecast to be steered slowly westward by a low-level ridge to its north for the remainder of its existence. There have been no significant changes to the track forecast reasoning, and the updated NHC track forecast lies closest to the ECMWF and HCCA models, and just a little south of the previous NHC forecast. FORECAST POSITIONS AND MAX WINDS INIT 03/0300Z 15.4N 113.2W 30 KT 35 MPH 12H 03/1200Z 15.3N 113.8W 25 KT 30 MPH 24H 04/0000Z 15.2N 114.8W 25 KT 30 MPH...POST-TROP/REMNT LOW 36H 04/1200Z 15.1N 116.1W 25 KT 30 MPH...POST-TROP/REMNT LOW 48H 05/0000Z 15.0N 117.5W 25 KT 30 MPH...POST-TROP/REMNT LOW 60H 05/1200Z 15.2N 119.0W 20 KT 25 MPH...POST-TROP/REMNT LOW 72H 06/0000Z 15.3N 120.3W 20 KT 25 MPH...POST-TROP/REMNT LOW 96H 07/0000Z...DISSIPATED $$ Forecaster Berg NNNN