HURRICANE WARNING 009 ISSUED FROM RSMC NADI Feb 120705 UTC.
TROPICAL CYCLONE WINSTON CENTRE 960HPA CATEGORY 3 WAS LOCATED NEAR 18.7 SOUTH
171.5 EAST AT 120600 UTC.
POSITION GOOD.
REPEAT POSITION 18.7S 171.5E at 120600 UTC.
CYCLONE MOVING SOUTH AT 06 KNOTS. CYCLONE INTENSIFYING.
EXPECT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 80 KNOTS CLOSE TO THE CENTRE INCREASING TO 90 KNOTS BY
121200 UTC.
EXPECT WINDS OVER 63 KNOTS WITHIN 30 NAUTICAL MILES OF CENTRE.
OVER 47 KNOTS WITHIN 50 NAUTICAL MILES OF CENTRE.
EXPECT WINDS OVER 33 KNOTS WITHIN 130 NAUTICAL MILES IN E SEMICIRCLE
AND WITHIN 100 NAUTICAL MILES IN W SEMICIRCLE.
FORECAST POSITION NEAR 20.8S 171.6E AT 121800 UTC
AND NEAR 23.0S 172.2E AT 130600 UTC.
ALL VESSELS WITHIN 300 NAUTICAL MILES OF CENTRE ARE REQUESTED TO SEND REPORTS
EVERY THREE HOURS TO RSMC NADI. VOS REPORTING SHIPS USE NORMAL CHANNELS. OTHER
VESSELS FAX PLUS 679 6720190 OR EMAIL NADITCC AT MET DOT GOV DOT FJ
TROPICAL DISTURBANCE ADVISORY NUMBER A4 ISSUED FROM RSMC NADI
Feb 110201 UTC.
TROPICAL CYCLONE WINSTON CENTRE 995HPA WAS LOCATED NEAR 15.7S 171.2E
AT 110000 UTC. POSITION FAIR BASED ON HR MTSAT IR IMAGERY AND SURFACE
OBSERVATIONS. CYCLONE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT ABOUT 05 KTS. MAXIMUM 10
MINUTE AVERAGE WINDS NEAR THE CENTRE ESTIMATED AT ABOUT 35 KNOTS.
EXPECT WINDS OVER 33 KNOTS WITHIN 150 NAUTICAL MILES IN N SEMICIRCLE,
WITHIN 090 NAUTICAL MILES IN SE QUADRANT,
AND WITHIN 120 NAUTICAL MILES IN SW QUADRANT.
DEEP CONVECTION HAS INCREASED WITH BANDS WRAPPING AROUND LLCC.
ORGANIZATION HAS IMPROVED IN THE PAST 24 HOURS. CYCLONIC CIRCULATION
EXTENDS TO 250HPA. SST AROUND 31 DEGREES CELSIUS. SYSTEM LIES UNDER
AN UPPER HIGH IN A LOW SHEARED ENVIRONMENT. OUTFLOW GOOD. SYSTEM IS
BEING STEERED TO THE SOUTHEAST BY A NORTHWESTERLY DEEP LAYER
MEANFLOW. DVORAK ANALYSIS BASED ON 0.65 WRAP YIELDS DT=3.0. MET AND
PT AGREE. THUS, YIELDING T3.0/3.0/D1.5/24HRS.
GLOBAL MODELS MOVE THE SYSTEM SOUTHEASTWARDS WITH FURTHER
INTENSIFICATION.
FORECASTS :
AT 12 HRS VALID AT 111200 UTC 17.1S 171.8E MOV SSE AT 07KT WITH 40KT
CLOSE TO CENTRE.
AT 24 HRS VALID AT 120000 UTC 18.5S 172.3E MOV SSE AT 07KT WITH 45KT
CLOSE TO CENTRE.
OUTLOOK:
AT 36 HRS VALID AT 121200 UTC 20.2S 172.9E MOV SSE AT 08KT WITH 50KT
CLOSE TO CENTRE.
AT 48 HRS VALID AT 130000 UTC 21.9S 173.8E MOV SSE AT 08KT WITH 50KT
CLOSE TO
CENTRE.
THE NEXT TROPICAL DISTURBANCE ADVISORY ON TROPICAL CYCLONE WINSTON
WILL BE ISSUED AT OR AROUND 110800 UTC.
TROPICAL DISTURBANCE ADVISORY NUMBER A2 ISSUED FROM RSMC NADI
Feb 101338 UTC.
TROPICAL DEPRESSION 09F CENTRE 998HPA WAS LOCATED NEAR 15.2S 170.8E
AT 101200 UTC. POSITION POOR BASED ON HR MTSAT IR IMAGERY AND SURFACE
OBSERVATIONS. TD09F MOVING SOUTHEAST-SOUTHEAST AT ABOUT 07 KTS.
MAXIMUM 10 MINUTE AVERAGE WINDS NEAR THE CENTRE ESTIMATED AT ABOUT 25
KNOTS.
DEEP CONVECTION HAS INCREASED WITH BANDS TRYING TO WRAP AROUND LLCC.
ORGANIZATION HAS IMPROVED IN THE PAST 24 HOURS. CYCLONIC CIRCULATION
EXTENDS TO 400HPA. SST AROUND 31 DEGREES CELSIUS. SYSTEM LIES UNDER
AN UPPER HIGH IN A LOW SHEARED ENVIRONMENT. OUTFLOW GOOD. SYSTEM IS
BEING STEERED TO THE SOUTH-SOUTHEAST BY THE SUBTROPICAL RIDGE LOCATED
TO THE SOUTHEAST. DVORAK ANALYSIS BASED ON 0.35 WRAP YIELDS DT=2.0.
MET AND PT AGREE. THUS, YEILDING T2.0/2.0/D1.0/24HRS.
GLOBAL MODELS MOVE THE SYSTEM SOUTH-SOUTHEASTWARDS WITH FURTHER
INTENSIFICATION.
POTENTIAL FOR TD09F TO DEVELOP INTO A TROPICAL CYCLONE IN THE NEXT 12
TO 18 HOURS IS TO HIGH.
FORECASTS :
AT 12 HRS VALID AT 110000 UTC 16.5S 171.6E MOV SSE AT 08KT WITH 35KT
CLOSE TO CENTRE.
AT 24 HRS VALID AT 111200 UTC 17.9S 172.2E MOV SSE AT 07KT WITH 40KT
CLOSE TO CENTRE.
OUTLOOK:
AT 36 HRS VALID AT 120000 UTC 19.3S 172.8E MOV SSE AT 07KT WITH 45KT
CLOSE TO CENTRE.
AT 48 HRS VALID AT 121200 UTC 20.7S 173.3E MOV SSE AT 08KT WITH 50KT
CLOSE TO CENTRE
THE NEXT TROPICAL DISTURBANCE ADVISORY ON TD09F WILL BE ISSUED AROUND
102000 UTC.
WTPS22 PGTW 100500
MSGID/GENADMIN/JOINT TYPHOON WRNCEN PEARL HARBOR HI//
SUBJ/TROPICAL CYCLONE FORMATION ALERT//
RMKS/
1. FORMATION OF A SIGNIFICANT TROPICAL CYCLONE IS POSSIBLE WITHIN
140 NM EITHER SIDE OF A LINE FROM 13.7S 169.6E TO 17.5S 172.7E
WITHIN THE NEXT 12 TO 24 HOURS. AVAILABLE DATA DOES NOT JUSTIFY
ISSUANCE OF NUMBERED TROPICAL CYCLONE WARNINGS AT THIS TIME.
WINDS IN THE AREA ARE ESTIMATED TO BE 25 TO 30 KNOTS. METSAT
IMAGERY AND SYNOPTIC DATA AT 100000Z INDICATE THAT A CIRCULATION
CENTER IS LOCATED NEAR 14.1S 170.0E. THE SYSTEM IS MOVING
SOUTHEASTWARD AT 07 KNOTS.
2. REMARKS: THE AREA OF CONVECTION PREVIOUSLY LOCATED NEAR 14.1S
170.0E IS NOW LOCATED NEAR 14.1S 170.0E, APPROXIMATELY 480 NM WEST-
NORTHWEST OF NADI, FIJI. RECENT ANIMATED MULTISPECTRAL SATELLITE
IMAGERY REVEALS IMPROVED, DEEP CONVECTIVE BANDING WRAPPING INTO A
WELL-DEFINED LOW-LEVEL CIRCULATION CENTER (LLCC). A 100216Z GPM 36
GHZ IMAGE ALSO DEPICTS A CONSOLIDATING LLCC WITH GOOD SPIRAL BANDING
WRAPPING IN FROM THE NORTH. RECENT SCATTEROMETRY DATA SHOWS 25 TO 30
KNOT WINDS ALONG THE SOUTHERN PERIPHERY WHICH IS IN LINE WITH LATEST
DVORAK INTENSITY ESTIMATES RANGING FROM T1.5-2.0. UPPER LEVEL
ANALYSIS SHOWS A FAVORABLE ENVIRONMENT FOR DEVELOPMENT WITH NEAR
RADIAL OUTFLOW AND LOW-MODERATE (10 TO 20 KNOTS) VERTICAL WIND
SHEAR. GLOBAL MODEL GUIDANCE IS IN GOOD AGREEMENT ON THE DEVELOPMENT
OF THE SYSTEM OVER THE NEXT 24 TO 36 HOURS. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
SURFACE WINDS ARE ESTIMATED AT 25 TO 30 KNOTS. MINIMUM SEA LEVEL
PRESSURE IS ESTIMATED TO BE NEAR 1000 MB. BASED ON THE CONSOLIDATING
LLCC AND FAVORABLE UPPER LEVEL CONDITIONS, THE POTENTIAL FOR THE
DEVELOPMENT OF A SIGNIFICANT TROPICAL CYCLONE WITHIN THE NEXT 24
HOURS IS HIGH.
3. THIS ALERT WILL BE REISSUED, UPGRADED TO WARNING OR CANCELLED BY
110500Z.//
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(2) THE AREA OF CONVECTION PREVIOUSLY LOCATED NEAR 11.8S
168.2E IS NOW LOCATED NEAR 14.1S 170.0E, APPROXIMATELY 470 NM EAST-
SOUTHEAST OF HONIARA, SOLOMON ISLANDS. RECENT ANIMATED MULTISPECTRAL
SATELLITE IMAGERY SHOWS CONVECTIVE BANDING DEVELOPING AROUND A
STRENGTHENING LLCC EVIDENT IN A 092132Z ASCAT PASS. UPPER LEVEL
ANALYSIS INDICATES A FAVORABLE ENVIRONMENT FOR CONTINUED
DEVELOPMENT, WITH LIGHT-MODERATE (10 TO 20 KNOTS) VERTICAL WIND
SHEAR AND FAVORABLE WESTWARD AND POLEWARD OUTFLOW ALOFT. GLOBAL
MODELS PREDICT CONTINUED DEVELOPMENT OF THIS SYSTEM OVER THE NEXT 24
TO 48 HOURS. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED SURFACE WINDS ARE ESTIMATED AT 25 TO
30 KNOTS. MINIMUM SEA LEVEL PRESSURE IS ESTIMATED TO BE NEAR 1000
MB. BASED ON THE CONSOLIDATING LLCC AND FAVORABLE UPPER LEVEL
CONDITIONS, THE POTENTIAL FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF A SIGNIFICANT
TROPICAL CYCLONE WITHIN THE NEXT 24 HOURS IS UPGRADED TO MEDIUM.
Tropical Disturbance Summary For area Equator to 25S, 160E to 120W
ISSUED FROM RSMC NADI Feb 092336 UTC.
TROPICAL DISTURBANCE 09F [1001HPA] WAS ANALYSED NEAR 15.0S 168.8E AT
092100UTC, MOVING S AT 10 KNOTS. POSITION POOR BASED ON VIS/IR
IMAGERY WITH ANIMATION AND PERIPHERAL OBSERVATIONS. SST AROUND AROUND
29 DEGREES CELCIUS.
CONVECTION REMAINS PERSISTENT. ORGANIZATION POOR. CYCLONIC
CIRCULATION EXTENDS UPTO 700HPA. SYSTEM LIES UNDER AN UPPER RIDGE IN
A LOW SHEARED ENVIRONMENT.
MOST GLOBAL MODELS HAVE PICKED UP THE SYSTEM AND MOVE IT
SOUTHEASTWARDS WITH GRADUAL INTENSIFICATION.
POTENTIAL FOR TD09F TO DEVELOP INTO A TROPICAL CYCLONE IN THE NEXT 24
TO 48 HOURS IS MODERATE.
NO OTHER SIGNIFICANT TROPICAL DISTURBANCE ANALYSED OR FORECAST IN THE
AREA.
