#JULIETTE / ZAKARYIIA in her last phase before landfall seems to appear perhaps more tropical than Medistorm Qendresa (STS) 2014 or Masinissa (TS) 2020 did, with the fronts virtually gone. The cloud tops exceeded -55°C. It is true that it is inserted in a wider depression context (upper-level low,) but this has often been seen in tropical cyclones resulting from the tropical transition. Hurricane Twelve in 1991 also appears in a larger depression context, Ana in April 2003, Ana in May 2021, probably Alex in January 2016 and various others as well.
I find it very similar in dynamics, structure and intensity to tropical storm ANA in May 2021.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2021_Atla ... ane_seasonA similar Mediterranean tropical or subtropical storm in March occurred in 2007 (click Vis-LOOP):
http://meteorologia.uib.eu/medicanes/me ... icane.htmlProbably achieving a "moderate deep warm core" is necessary for a tropical classification on phase diagrams. I looked for various systems on the diagrams phase and I noticed that many depressions, even very weak ones, immediately appear as moderate warm cores, even though they are not tropical cyclones. I think this happens because they are on very warm seas. I believe that on SST of only 15°C it is already remarkable that #Juliette is just below the moderate, although not reaching it. I have also noticed that strong extratropical cyclones approach moderate warm core, although they have no tropical characteristics. For all this, I don't believe that reaching a moderate warm core is a fundamental requirement for a tropical ranking, but I accept conflicting opinions. By this I don't mean that #JULIETTE is definitely tropical, but it appears almost more tropical than it was in its pre-landfall phase.
I also noticed that many classified subtropical cyclones in the south Atlantic actually look like warm seclusion extratropical cyclones.
It seems inconsistent to say that some of these systems are subtropical cyclones:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subtropic ... m_Ub%C3%A1https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Atl ... er_systemsJuliette/Zakaryiia close to to landfall:
http://medicanes.altervista.org/zakaryiia_juliette_medicane_tlc_cyclone.jpgJuliette/Zakaryiia at landfall:
http://medicanes.altervista.org/zakaryiia_juliette_medicane_tlc_cyclone_landfall.jpg