Tropical Storm Colin appeared to all but dissipate over the past few days, but new imagery suggests that the remnants of Colin are starting to develop again. The NHC gives the system a 70% chance of reaching Tropical status in the next 48 hours. The low pressure system is exhibiting circulation, as well as tropical storm force winds on the north side. An Airforce Hurricane Hunter is scheduled to investigate this afternoon.
Elsewhere in the tropics, there are several areas that merit attention, though none are expected to develop significantly in the next 48 hours.
The recon flight has confirmed that TS Colin has regained tropical storm status. Advisories from the NHC and Weather.gov point out that over the past two days track variances have been 200 NM on Day 4 and 250 NM on Day 5. This means that the forecast track has been off the past two days; throwing a cloud of uncertainty as to the path. Additionally, wind speed projects have been off by as much as 20 knots.