Tampa Bay Hurricane wrote:These subtropical systems are highly tenacious with thresholds
in sub-optimal sst and shear conditions,
Agreed...mid-level shear is very low now, and this trough, like the last one, is aiding intensification as well. High-level shear is ripping off the tops of the convection though.
This trough is fracturing as well...it is stronger, and Zeta is moving more north now, so it is likely that the high shear will finish her, but I suppose there is a chance she could survive the trough, which is moving very quickly, and survive just a day or two longer. Apparently long enough, as of today I believe, to set
another record.