SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE/SOUTH PACIFIC OCEAN: TC 11P. WARNING 1 ISSUED AT 09/03UTC. CLICK ON THE IMAGERY BELOW TO ENLARGE IT.
FORECAST REASONING. SIGNIFICANT FORECAST CHANGES: THIS INITIAL PROGNOSTIC REASONING MESSAGE ESTABLISHES THE FORECAST PHILOSOPHY. FORECAST DISCUSSION: TC 11P IS FORECAST TO TURN SOUTHWARD OVER THE NEXT 12 HOURS FOLLOWED BY A SOUTHWESTWARD TRACK BY 24H AS THE SUBTROPICAL RIDGE TO THE SOUTHEAST BEGINS TO REORIENT. THE SYSTEM WILL CONTINUE SOUTHWESTWARD, PASSING OVER THE SOUTHERN TIP OF GRANDE TERRE, NEW CALEDONIA AROUND 36H. AFTER 48H, IT WILL BEGIN TO ACCELERATE SOUTHWARD DUE TO A PASSING SHORT-WAVE TROUGH AND BECOME SUBTROPICAL BY 72H. TC 11P IS CURRENTLY IN A MARGINALLY FAVORABLE ENVIRONMENT DUE TO 15-25 KTS OF VERTICAL WIND SHEAR AND WEAK OUTFLOW ALOFT. THIS WILL LIMIT THE SYSTEM TO MODERATE INTENSIFICATION IN THE EARLY PORTION OF THE FORECAST, REACHING 55 KTS BY 36H. THE UPPER-LEVEL ENVIRONMENT IS EXPECTED TO IMPROVE AFTERWARDS ALLOWING FOR AN INTENSITY OF 65 KTS/CAT 1 US AROUND 48H. BY 60H, TC 11P WILL BEGIN EXPERIENCING COOLING SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURES WHICH WILL LIMIT ANY FURTHER INTENSIFICATION.
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SATELLITE ANALYSIS, INITIAL POSITION AND INTENSITY DISCUSSION: ANIMATED MULTISPECTRAL SATELLITE IMAGERY (MSI) DEPICTS A BROAD BUT CONSOLIDATING SYSTEM WITH A STREAK OF DRY AIR IMPINGING ON THE EASTERN PORTION OF THE CIRCULATION. A 082030Z GMI 89GHZ IMAGE DEPICTS THE CONVECTION SHEARED TO THE NORTHWEST OF THE LOW LEVEL CIRCULATION. THE INITIAL POSITION IS BASED ON THE LOW LEVEL BANDING IN THE PREVIOUSLY MENTIONED GMI IMAGE AND THE INITIAL INTENSITY OF 35 KTS IS BASED ON THE PGTW DVORAK CURRENT INTENSITY ESTIMATE.
082030Z GMI 89GHZ IMAGE DEPICTS THE CONVECTION SHEARED TO THE NORTHWEST OF THE LOW LEVEL CIRCULATION.
MODEL DISCUSSION: NUMERICAL MODEL GUIDANCE IS IN GOOD AGREEMENT IN REGARDS TO TRACK FORECAST WITH ONLY A 280 KM CROSS-TRACK SPREAD AT 72H. THEREFORE, THE JTWC FORECAST TRACK IS PLACED CLOSE TO THE CONSENSUS. INTENSITY GUIDANCE IS ALSO IN GOOD AGREEMENT WITH ALL MODELS INDICATING MODERATE INTENSIFICATION UP TO 60H FOLLOWED BY A WEAKENING TREND BEYOND 72H. THE JTWC FORECASTS 65 KTS/CAT 1 US AT 48H AND 72H, BUT GFS INDICATES A PEAK INTENSITY OF 70 KTS/CAT 1 US COULD HAPPEN AT 60H.
08/18UTC. ECMWF ENSEMBLE.
SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE/SOUTH INDIAN OCEAN: INVEST 93S. TROPICAL CYCLONE FORMATION ALERT RE-ISSUED AT 09/03UTC. CLICK ON THE IMAGERY BELOW TO ENLARGE IT.
THE AREA OF CONVECTION (INVEST 93S) PREVIOUSLY LOCATED NEAR 15.0S 105.6E IS NOW LOCATED NEAR 16.6S 105.4E, APPROXIMATELY 695 KM SOUTH OF CHRISTMAS ISLAND. ANIMATED MULTISPECTRAL SATELLITE IMAGERY (MSI) DEPICTS LOW LEVEL BANDING WRAPPING INTO A LOW LEVEL CIRCULATION CENTER THAT IS OBSCURED BY PERSISTENT DEEP CONVECTION. A 082322Z SSMIS 91GHZ SATELLITE IMAGE REVEALS THE DEEP CONVECTION ASSOCIATED WITH THE SYSTEM IS PRIMARILY CONCENTRATED IN THE SOUTHERN PERIPHERY. THE ENVIRONMENT IS PRIMARILY FAVORABLE CHARACTERIZED BY WARM (30-31C) SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURES (SST), AND LOW TO MODERATE (10-20 KT) VERTICAL WIND SHEAR (VWS) OFFSET BY WEAK OUTFLOW ALOFT. GLOBAL MODELS GENERALLY FAVOR A MARGINALLY WEAKENING SYSTEM AS IT INTERACTS WITH THE SUBTROPICAL RIDGE TO THE SOUTH. GFS AND ECMWF DETERMINISTIC PREDICT INVEST 93S ATTAINING TROPICAL CYCLONE STRENGTH FOR A BRIEF WINDOW OF TIME. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED SURFACE WINDS ARE ESTIMATED AT 25 TO 30 KNOTS. MINIMUM SEA LEVEL PRESSURE IS ESTIMATED TO BE NEAR 1000 MB. THE POTENTIAL FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF A SIGNIFICANT TROPICAL CYCLONE WITHIN THE NEXT 24 HOURS REMAINS HIGH.
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GLOBAL MODELS GENERALLY FAVOR A MARGINALLY WEAKENING SYSTEM AS IT INTERACTS WITH THE SUBTROPICAL RIDGE TO THE SOUTH. GFS AND ECMWF DETERMINISTIC PREDICT INVEST 93S ATTAINING TROPICAL CYCLONE STRENGTH FOR A BRIEF WINDOW OF TIME.
08/18UTC. ECMWF ENSEMBLE.
SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE/SOUTH INDIAN OCEAN: TC 08S(BATSRIAI). WARNING 26/FINAL ISSUED AT 08/15UTC. CLICK ON THE IMAGERY BELOW TO ENLARGE IT.
ESTIMATED PEAK INTENSITY WAS 125KNOTS/CAT 4 US.
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