"Dorian" Losing Strength
Although Dorian is still on the same track, it looks like the storm will be downgraded to a Tropical Depression soon.
Dorian has a very disorganized satellite presentation...with deep convection limited to a few clusters and no evidence of banding. The current intensity is held at 35 kt in accordance with a Dvorak estimate from TAFB. The cyclone continues to interact with a dry air mass...and southwesterly shear associated with a large upper-level trough to the west of dorian should begin to affect the system soon. Given the hostile environment...the system should weaken to a remnant low in a day or so. Alternatively...since scatterometer data suggest that the circulation is barely closed... dorian could open up into a wave at any time.