TROPICAL CYCLONE FORECAST WARNING (SOUTH-WEST INDIAN OCEAN)
0.A WARNING NUMBER: 1/7/20152016
1.A TROPICAL DEPRESSION 7
2.A POSITION 2016/03/29 AT 0600 UTC:
WITHIN 20 NM RADIUS OF POINT 17.5 S / 78.4 E
(SEVENTEEN DECIMAL FIVE DEGREES SOUTH AND SEVENTY EIGHT DECIMAL FOUR DEGREES EAST)
MOVEMENT : SOUTH 12 KT
3.A DVORAK ANALYSIS: 2.5/2.5/D 0.5/12 H
4.A CENTRAL PRESSURE: 1000 HPA
5.A MAX AVERAGE WIND SPEED (10 MN): 30 KT
RADIUS OF MAXIMUM WINDS (RMW) :NIL
6.A EXTENSION OF WIND BY QUADRANTS (KM):
28 KT NE: 70 SE: 60 SW: 60 NW: 60
34 KT NE: 60 SE: SW: NW: 60
7.A FIRST CLOSED ISOBAR (PRESSURE / AVERAGE DIAM): 1008 HPA / 100 KM
8.A VERTICAL EXTENSION OF CYCLONE CIRCULATION : DEEP
1.B FORECASTS:
12H: 2016/03/29 18 UTC: 19.9 S / 79.2 E, MAX WIND=030 KT, TROPICAL DEPRESSION
24H: 2016/03/30 06 UTC: 22.4 S / 80.4 E, MAX WIND=025 KT, TROPICAL DISTURBANCE
36H: 2016/03/30 18 UTC: 25.3 S / 81.7 E, MAX WIND=020 KT, LOW
2.B LONGER-RANGE OUTLOOK :
2.C ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:
T=CI=2.5.
THE RSACT DATA OF 01H04Z SHOWS WINDS ABOUT 25/30KT OUT OF DEEP CONVECTION, CONFIRMED BY THE ASCAT WINDS OF 04H25Z WITH A CLOCKWISE CIRCULATION OF 30KT WITH STRONGER WINDS IN THE MONSOON FLOW IN THE NORTHWESTERN QUADRANT.
THE SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO TRACK RAPIDLY SOUTHWARDS A HAED OF THE TROUGH. THE NORTHWESTERLY VERTICAL WIND SHEAR ( 9K AT 00Z ACCORDING TO CIMMS DATA) IS FORECASTED TO STRENGTHEN, BUT ITS IMPACT ON THE SYSTEM MAY BE LIMITATED IN A FIRST TIME DUE TO THE SPEED OF THE SOUTHWARD TRACK. THE SYSTEM IS HOWEVER FORECAST TO WEAKEN ON WEDNESDAY, AND GOES ON SOUTHWARDS BEFORE TO MERGE WITH THE TROUGH AT THE END OF THE WEEK.