Tropical Storm Colin was downgraded to a tropical depression after only one day as a minimal tropical storm when upper level wind shear caused Colin’s demise.

The National Hurricane Center in Miami, Fla. issued its final warning on what was Tropical Storm Colin on August 3 at 2100 UTC (5 p.m. EDT). At that time, it was about 540 miles east of the Lesser Antilles near 15.8 North and 53.8 West. Colin’s winds had dropped to 34 mph. .

By 8 a.m. today, August 4, Colin had become a remnant low pressure area. The center of the remnant low was located about 150 miles east-northeast of the Leeward Islands, near 17.0 North and 57.0 West. Colin’s remnants continue to move west-northwestward at 20 to 25 mph. .

Although the National Hurricane Center noted that there’s a 10% chance that Colin could become a tropical storm again in the next 48 hours, it is still expected to bring heavy rains and gusty winds to the parts of the Leeward Islands and the Virgin Islands today and tonight. Upper level winds continue to batter the storm, preventing it from regenerating today.

The Gulf of Mexico and the nearby Atlantic Ocean for the last 3 days. The GOES-11 satellite provides similar coverage of the U.S. west coast and Eastern Pacific.

Storm development in the swath called “Hurricane Alley,” from Atlantic to Pacific. The bigger scans are used to make large-scale Hurricane Alley movies for the last three to five days, illustrating the life-cycle of subtropical storms, as some of them spin up to become hurricanes.

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