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TROPICS: Ernesto to dissipate soon. Is anything else out there?

Post-tropical Ernesto 11am update
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WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — Ernesto is now a post-tropical cyclone in the north Atlantic and traveling towards Europe. The storm is taking on extreme shear and is absolutely falling apart.

The center of the storm is pulling away from the Canadian Maritimes.

Post-tropical Ernesto 11am update

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Later today, it will lose all of its tropical characteristics as upper level wind shear and very cold ocean temperatures take a toll on the former Category 2 hurricane.

By tomorrow, the system will get absorbed into a larger area of low pressure and fully dissipate.

The rest of the tropics remain quiet for now.