531  
WTNT44 KNHC 071448  
TCDAT4  
 
POST-TROPICAL CYCLONE DEXTER DISCUSSION NUMBER 15  
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL AL042025  
1100 AM AST THU AUG 07 2025  
 
SATELLITE IMAGERY AND SURFACE OBSERVATIONS INDICATE THAT DEXTER HAS  
COMPLETED ITS TRANSITION TO AN EXTRATROPICAL CYCLONE. STRONG  
WESTERLY WIND SHEAR IS LEAVING AN EXPOSED, ELONGATED CENTER WITH ALL  
CONVECTION IN THE EASTERN SEMICIRCLE. THE CONVECTION IS DECREASING  
IN STRENGTH AND AREAL COVERAGE, AND IT IS ALSO BECOMING MORE  
ASYMMETRIC. A WARM FRONT CLEARLY EXTENDS EAST-NORTHEASTWARD FROM  
DEXTER, AND THERE ALSO APPEARS TO BE A DEVELOPING COLD FRONT  
EXTENDING TOWARDS THE SOUTHWEST, AS NOTED IN AN EARLIER AMSR2  
MICROWAVE PASS. SURFACE MARINE OBSERVATIONS SHOW TEMPERATURES IN  
THE UPPER 50S AND LOWER 60S JUST A COUPLE HUNDRED N MI NORTHWEST OF  
DEXTER'S CENTER. A RECENT PARTIAL ASCAT PASS SHOWED WINDS UP TO 45  
KT, BUT THIS PASS DID NOT SAMPLE THE ENTIRE CIRCULATION. THE  
INITIAL INTENSITY OF THE EXTRATROPICAL CYCLONE IS INCREASED TO 50 KT  
BASED ON THE ASCAT DATA AS WELL AS GLOBAL MODEL ANALYSES, WHICH  
SUGGEST THE WINDS HAVE LIKELY REACHED 50 KT.  
 
DEXTER IS MERGING WITH AN APPROACHING MID- TO UPPER-LEVEL TROUGH.  
GLOBAL MODELS SHOW STRENGTHENING OVER THE NEXT 12-24 H DUE TO  
BAROCLINIC FORCING DUE TO THE TROUGH INTERACTION. THEREAFTER, THE  
CYCLONE WILL BEGIN TO STEADILY WEAKEN LATE FRIDAY INTO THE WEEKEND  
AS THE UPPER-LEVEL TROUGH DAMPENS OUT. THE NHC INTENSITY FORECAST IS  
NEAR THE HIGH END OF THE GUIDANCE DURING THE FIRST 24 HOURS OF THE  
FORECAST, AND NEAR THE MIDDLE OF THE GUIDANCE ENVELOPE THEREAFTER.  
THE CYCLONE IS FORECAST TO WEAKEN TO A TROUGH IN 4 TO 5 DAYS.  
 
THE INITIAL MOTION IS 070/15. A MOTION BETWEEN NORTHEAST AND  
EAST-NORTHEAST IS EXPECTED DURING THE NEXT 24-36 HOURS AS DEXTER  
INTERACTS WITH THE AFOREMENTIONED TROUGH. AFTER THAT TIME, A SLIGHT  
BEND MORE TOWARD THE EAST IS EXPECTED AS THE CYCLONE IS STEERED BY  
THE MID-LATITUDE FLOW. THE NEW NHC FORECAST IS A BIT SLOWER THAN  
THE PREVIOUS ONE, AND LIES IN BETWEEN THE SIMPLE AND CORRECTED  
CONSENSUS AIDS.  
 
THIS IS THE FINAL NHC ADVISORY ON DEXTER. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON  
THIS SYSTEM CAN BE FOUND IN HIGH SEAS FORECASTS ISSUED BY THE  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE, UNDER AWIPS HEADER NFDHSFAT1, WMO HEADER  
FZNT01 KWBC, AND ONLINE AT OCEAN.WEATHER.GOV/SHTML/NFDHSFAT1.PHP  
 
 
FORECAST POSITIONS AND MAX WINDS  
 
INIT 07/1500Z 41.4N 50.4W 50 KT 60 MPH...POST-TROP/EXTRATROP  
12H 08/0000Z 42.6N 47.3W 60 KT 70 MPH...POST-TROP/EXTRATROP  
24H 08/1200Z 44.2N 43.8W 60 KT 70 MPH...POST-TROP/EXTRATROP  
36H 09/0000Z 45.2N 39.9W 50 KT 60 MPH...POST-TROP/EXTRATROP  
48H 09/1200Z 45.9N 35.4W 45 KT 50 MPH...POST-TROP/EXTRATROP  
60H 10/0000Z 46.5N 30.9W 35 KT 40 MPH...POST-TROP/EXTRATROP  
72H 10/1200Z 47.1N 26.8W 30 KT 35 MPH...POST-TROP/EXTRATROP  
96H 11/1200Z 48.0N 20.0W 30 KT 35 MPH...POST-TROP/EXTRATROP  
120H 12/1200Z...DISSIPATED  
 

 
FORECASTER HAGEN  
 
 
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