057 WTPZ45 KNHC 151440 TCDEP5 Tropical Depression Ten-E Discussion Number 8 NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL EP102022 900 AM MDT Mon Aug 15 2022 The depression is maintaining enough deep convection to keep its tropical cyclone status for now, however the convection has had little, if any, organization for the past 12-18 hours. The initial intensity is held at 25 kt and is based on earlier scatterometer data and the most recent SAB Dvorak classification. Easterly shear of about 20 kt is forecast to continue to plague the system over the next few days, and gradual weakening is anticipated during that time. The system is expected to remain over warm water so continued bursts of convection are likely, but if the convection does not gain additional organization the system is likely to become a remnant low at just about anytime within the next 24 hours. The depression has been drifting southwestward over the past day or so. A very slow westward or west-southwestward motion is expected over the next 12 to 24 hours as the system remains within an area of weak steering flow. A slightly faster westward to west- northwestward motion should occur around midweek when the system is a remnant low. FORECAST POSITIONS AND MAX WINDS INIT 15/1500Z 17.8N 113.6W 25 KT 30 MPH 12H 16/0000Z 17.7N 113.8W 25 KT 30 MPH...POST-TROP/REMNT LOW 24H 16/1200Z 17.6N 114.4W 25 KT 30 MPH...POST-TROP/REMNT LOW 36H 17/0000Z 17.6N 115.3W 20 KT 25 MPH...POST-TROP/REMNT LOW 48H 17/1200Z 17.7N 116.3W 20 KT 25 MPH...POST-TROP/REMNT LOW 60H 18/0000Z 17.9N 117.3W 20 KT 25 MPH...POST-TROP/REMNT LOW 72H 18/1200Z 18.2N 118.3W 20 KT 25 MPH...POST-TROP/REMNT LOW 96H 19/1200Z...DISSIPATED $$ Forecaster Brown