User blog:CycloneNkechinyer/February Subtropical Storm in the Central Pacific?

I was looking through some Tropical Tidbits models today and I found something for us to watch. The area in question to me is circled in yellow. Notice, despite it's far north location, at least according to the GFS, it should have favorable conditions for development of a Subtropical Cyclone.



I decided to look deeper, at several other maps, to take a look at it's chances. Then I found a humidity map: [|here].

The area is in a area with high humidity, continuing the signs that prove it worthy of being a Subtropical Cyclone. But I needed more evidence than this: So I pulled up a color map, to see: Was it Blue, Green, or Orange/red? (Hint: Blue would indicate a extratropical cyclone, orange/red tropical cyclone, green subtropical cyclone)

http://www.tropicaltidbits.com/analysis/models/gfs/2016012818/gfs_z500_mslp_nhem_14.png

The link indicates that the center is in the green, meaning that it could be Subtropical.

And, that was enough for me. I think that it is a Subtropical Storm. One could argue that it does not have a circular shape, but, keep in mind, Subtropical Cyclones are Hybrids. And we could have one here. What do we think? Is it a Subtropical Cyclone?