WTPA44 PHFO 170255 TCDCP4 HURRICANE GUILLERMO DISCUSSION NUMBER 20 NWS CENTRAL PACIFIC HURRICANE CENTER HONOLULU HI EP102009 500 PM HST SUN AUG 16 2009 GUILLERMO NO LONGER HAS AN EYE AND DEEP CONVECTION HAS BEEN ON A STEEP DECLINE DURING THE PAST FEW HOURS. WEST-SOUTHWESTERLY WIND SHEAR IS DOING ITS JOB...AND THE WESTERN HALF OF THE LOW-LEVEL CIRCULATION IS STARTING TO PEEK OUT FROM UNDER THE CONVECTION. DVORAK DATA T NUMBERS HAVE BEEN FALLING FAST...AND THE ADVISORY INTENSITY ESTIMATE OF 65 KT IS A BLEND OF THE VARIOUS T AND CI NUMBERS. GUILLERMO SHOULD NOT REMAIN A HURRICANE FOR MUCH LONGER. WIND SHEAR WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE ALONG THE FORECAST TRACK WHILE SEA-SURFACE TEMPERATURES REMAIN LESS THAN 26 CELSIUS. THE OFFICIAL FORECAST FOLLOWS A BLEND OF THE STATISTICAL-DYNAMICAL SHIPS AND LGEM SOLUTIONS...A FASTER DEMISE THAN PREDICTED BY THE GFDL AND HWRF. THE CYCLONE IS EXPECTED TO DEGENERATE TO A REMNANT LOW WITHIN ABOUT 72 HOURS. AS THE CYCLONE IS SHEARED APART AND SPINS DOWN...IT WILL BE INCREASINGLY STEERED BY THE LOWER-LEVEL FLOW. THE HIGH TO ITS NORTH-NORTHEAST SHOULD SEND GUILLERMO GENERALLY NORTHWESTWARD FOR THE NEXT TWO TO THREE DAYS. BEYOND THAT TIME IT SHOULD BE A WEAK AND SHALLOW SYSTEM WELL NORTH OF HAWAII ALONG ABOUT 30 DEGREES NORTH LATITUDE...AND SHOULD TURN WESTWARD TO THE SOUTH OF ANOTHER HIGH FORECAST TO BUILD OVER THE NORTH-CENTRAL PACIFIC. THE NEW OFFICIAL TRACK IS A LITTLE FASTER AND TO THE LEFT OF THE PREVIOUS ONE...ESPECIALLY AT THE END WHERE THE TRACK OF THE REMNANT LOW HAS BEEN SHIFTED QUITE A BIT TO THE SOUTH...IN A MANNER CONSISTENT WITH THE DYNAMICAL MODEL CONSENSUS. FORECAST POSITIONS AND MAX WINDS INITIAL 17/0300Z 20.7N 141.4W 65 KT 12HR VT 17/1200Z 21.3N 143.6W 55 KT 24HR VT 18/0000Z 22.6N 146.6W 45 KT 36HR VT 18/1200Z 24.0N 149.7W 40 KT 48HR VT 19/0000Z 25.7N 152.6W 35 KT 72HR VT 20/0000Z 29.0N 159.5W 30 KT...REMNANT LOW 96HR VT 21/0000Z 30.0N 166.5W 25 KT...REMNANT LOW 120HR VT 22/0000Z 30.0N 172.5W 25 KT...REMNANT LOW $$ FORECASTER KNABB