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WTNT43 KNHC 050235  
TCDAT3  
 
TROPICAL DEPRESSION THREE DISCUSSION NUMBER 2  
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL AL032025  
1100 PM EDT FRI JUL 04 2025  
 
THE DEPRESSION IS LESS ORGANIZED ON SATELLITE IMAGERY THIS EVENING,  
WITH A SEEMINGLY ELONGATED LOW-LEVEL CENTER NEAR OR JUST WEST OF THE  
DEEP CONVECTION. THIS STRUCTURE IS DUE TO PERSISTENT SOUTHWESTERLY  
SHEAR, WITH A MID-LEVEL CIRCULATION APPARENT EAST OF THE LOW-LEVEL  
CENTER. THE CURRENT INTENSITY WILL REMAIN 30 KT, CONSISTENT WITH  
DATA FROM THE LAST AIR FORCE RECONNAISSANCE MISSION AND SATELLITE  
TRENDS.  
 
THE SYSTEM HAS BEEN MOVING ERRATICALLY RECENTLY, BUT A LONGER TERM  
MOTION IS BASICALLY STATIONARY. A SLOW NORTH-NORTHWESTWARD MOTION  
IS ANTICIPATED TO BEGIN ON SATURDAY AS THE DEPRESSION IS STEERED ON  
THE NORTHEAST SIDE OF A DEVELOPING MID- TO UPPER-LEVEL LOW OVER THE  
NORTHEASTERN GULF. AFTER THAT TIME, THE SYSTEM SHOULD BE STEERED  
TO THE NORTH AND NORTHEAST WITH A GRADUAL INCREASE IN FORWARD SPEED  
ALONG THE WESTERN PERIPHERY OF THE SUBTROPICAL RIDGE. THIS MOTION  
SHOULD BRING THE CENTER NEAR OR OVER THE COAST OF SOUTH CAROLINA  
SUNDAY MORNING. THE NEW NHC TRACK FORECAST WAS NUDGED TO THE EAST,  
CONSISTENT WITH THE LATEST GUIDANCE.  
 
THE GLOBAL MODELS GENERALLY INDICATE THAT THE CURRENT SHEAR SHOULD  
LESSEN ON SATURDAY, WHICH COULD ALLOW FOR SOME STRENGTHENING IN  
COMBINATION WITH THE WARM WATERS OF THE GULF STREAM. THERE IS  
PLENTY OF DRY AIR ALOFT, HOWEVER, WHICH WILL PROBABLY LIMIT  
SIGNIFICANT DEVELOPMENT, AS WELL AS THE CURRENT DISHEVELED  
STRUCTURE. THE BULK OF THE GUIDANCE INDICATES MODEST STRENGTHENING  
AS THE SYSTEM APPROACHES THE COAST, AND THE NEW FORECAST FOLLOWS  
SUIT, NEAR THE LATEST MODEL CONSENSUS.  
 
KEY MESSAGES:  
 
1. TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WATCH AREA  
BEGINNING SATURDAY AND CONTINUING THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING.  
 
2. HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE COASTAL CAROLINAS WILL CAUSE SOME FLASH  
FLOODING CONCERNS FROM TROPICAL DEPRESSION THREE BETWEEN SATURDAY  
THROUGH MONDAY. ISOLATED TO SCATTERED FLASH FLOODING COULD OCCUR  
WITHIN MORE URBANIZED AREAS ALONG THE COASTAL PLAIN OF THE  
CAROLINAS.  
 
3. THE SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO BRING ROUGH SURF AND RIP CURRENTS TO  
MUCH OF SOUTHEASTERN UNITED STATES NORTH OF NORTHEASTERN  
FLORIDA DURING THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS.  
 
 
FORECAST POSITIONS AND MAX WINDS  
 
INIT 05/0300Z 30.6N 78.9W 30 KT 35 MPH  
12H 05/1200Z 30.9N 79.1W 35 KT 40 MPH  
24H 06/0000Z 31.7N 79.5W 40 KT 45 MPH  
36H 06/1200Z 32.9N 79.8W 35 KT 40 MPH...INLAND  
48H 07/0000Z 34.2N 79.6W 30 KT 35 MPH...POST-TROP/REMNT LOW  
60H 07/1200Z 35.5N 78.5W 25 KT 30 MPH...POST-TROP/REMNT LOW  
72H 08/0000Z...DISSIPATED  
 

 
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