Increased vertical wind shear blew the tops off of thunderstorms and Tropical Storm Jangmi weakened to a tropical depression,\u00a0 At 11:00 p.m. EST on Tuesday the center of Tropical Depression Jangmi was located at latitude 8.0\u00b0N and longitude 120.8\u00b0E which put it about 150 miles north of Jolo, Philippines and about 300 miles east-northeast of Kudat, Malaysia on the northern end of Borneo.\u00a0 Jangmi was moving toward the west-southwest at 7 m.p.h.\u00a0 The maximum sustained wind speed was 30 m.p.h. and there were gusts to 40 m.p.h.<\/p>\n
A subtropical ridge north of Jangmi intensified southeasterly winds in the upper levels and increased the wind shear over the top of the tropical storm.\u00a0 The stronger upper level winds blew away the upper portions of thunderstorms and the circulation contained mainly shallower convection during the most recent 12 hours.\u00a0 Recent satellite images show the redevelopment of some thunderstorms southwest of the center of circulation, but some wind shear continues.\u00a0 Jangmi is over Sea Surface Temperatures that are warm enough to support some intensification, but that will not happen if the wind shear continues.\u00a0 If Jangmi continues to move southwestward, interaction with the island of Borneo could weaken the circulation and possibly cause it to dissipate entirely.\u00a0 If the center passes just west of Borneo, then some intensification may be possible, unless the wind shear remains too strong.<\/p>\n
Since the circulation of Jangmi consisted mainly of shallower convection, it was steered toward the southwest by northeasterly winds in the lower levels of the atmosphere.\u00a0 Even though a few thunderstorms have redeveloped, most of the convection is still shallow and Jangmi is likely to continue to be steered in a generally west-southwesterly direction.\u00a0 The projected track could bring Jangmi or its remnants near the northern end of Borneo in 24-48 hours.<\/p>\n
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