WTPA44 PHFO 270859
TCDCP4

TROPICAL DEPRESSION THREE-C DISCUSSION NUMBER   3
NWS CENTRAL PACIFIC HURRICANE CENTER HONOLULU HI   CP032006
1100 PM HST TUE SEP 26 2006

SATELLITE IMAGERY SHOWS THREE-C TO BE WEAK AND POORLY ORGANIZED. AS
MIGHT BE EXPECTED WITH SUCH A WEAK SYSTEM...THERE WAS QUITE A
SPREAD IN THE SATELLITE FIX LOCATIONS. CI NUMBERS WERE 1.5 TO 2.0.
 
VISIBLE IMAGERY FROM MODIS...GOES 11 AND MTSAT SHOWED A SMALL LOW
CLOUD SPIRAL ON THE NORTHWEST SIDE OF THREE-C MOVING WEST AROUND 10 
KT. I BELIEVE THIS SPIRAL MARKED THE LOW LEVEL CENTER. WHILE THERE 
APPEARED TO BE A WEAK LOW LEVEL CENTER...AT LEAST UP THROUGH 27/0400 
UTC...IT IS NOT CLEAR IF THERE WAS ACTUALLY A CLOSED SURFACE 
CIRCULATION. A 27/0812 UTC QUIKSCAT PASS...JUST IN...SHOWED NO 
CLOSED CIRCULATION.

GIVEN THE LACK OF CONVINCING EVIDENCE OF A CLOSED CIRCULATION WE
HAVE DECIDED TO KILL THREE-C NOW. EVEN IF THERE WERE STILL A CLOSED
CIRCULATION...DRY MID-LEVEL AIR AND INCREASING SHEAR ARE CREATING A
HOSTILE ENVIRONMENT THAT WOULD QUICKLY DESTROY ANY REMAINING
CIRCULATION.
 
FORECAST POSITIONS AND MAX WINDS
 
INITIAL      27/0900Z 12.0N 179.9W    25 KT
 12HR VT     27/1800Z ...DISSIPATED
 
 
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FORECASTER DONALDSON