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WPAC: INVEST 95W

#1 Postby euro6208 » Fri Aug 03, 2018 9:04 am

95W INVEST 180803 1200 23.4N 175.0E WPAC 15 1010
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Re: WPAC: INVEST 95W

#2 Postby euro6208 » Fri Aug 03, 2018 9:06 am

mrbagyo wrote:Why's there no mention about that system near 20N 173E?
Looks quite a bit organized to be ignored



1900hurricane wrote:Euro actually posted about it a few posts up, although I haven't looked at it much yet. ASCAT hit it earlier and still showed it as a pretty broad inverted trough still, but something could come of it.




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An area of disturbed weather has persisted near the International Date Line between Wake Island and Midway Atoll [no invest area is current for this system]. This disturbance is associated with a 1009 hPa area of low pressure and an active surface trough. Shower activity associated with the disturbance has increased in organization and coverage during the past 24 hours, although recent ASCAT and ScatSat-1/OSCAT passes do not indicate a well-defined circulation. Conditions are currently conducive for further development of this system and a tropical depression could form within the next couple of days as it moves slowly northwestward over open waters. By Monday, upper-level winds will become less favorable for development.
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Re: WPAC: INVEST 95W

#3 Postby euro6208 » Fri Aug 03, 2018 9:06 am

Honestly looks like another missed unnamed TS.
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Re: WPAC: INVEST 95W

#4 Postby 1900hurricane » Fri Aug 03, 2018 9:14 am

It's still very open, but the surface trough has begun to sharpen up. I'd watch for a circulation to form near the top of the trough axis.

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Re: WPAC: INVEST 95W

#5 Postby 1900hurricane » Fri Aug 03, 2018 7:10 pm

Twelve hours later, getting closer.

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Re: WPAC: INVEST 95W

#6 Postby euro6208 » Fri Aug 03, 2018 7:43 pm

AN AREA OF CONVECTION (INVEST 95W) HAS PERSISTED NEAR
24.4N 175.3E, APPROXIMATELY 455 NM WEST-SOUTHWEST OF MIDWAY.
ANIMATED MULTISPECTRAL SATELLITE IMAGERY SHOWS A BROAD AREA OF
TURNING WITH SEPARATE AREAS OF CONVECTION LOCATED TO THE SOUTHWEST,
NORTHWEST, AND NORTHEAST. A 031828Z SSMIS 91GHZ MICROWAVE IMAGE
DEPICTS DEEP CONVECTION TO THE NORTHEAST AND SHALLOW FLARING
CONVECTION TO THE NORTHWEST AND SOUTHWEST OF THE POSITION. THE
SYSTEM IS CURRENTLY LOCATED IN AN AREA OF GOOD POLEWARD DIVERGENCE,
MODERATE TO HIGH VERTICAL WIND SHEAR (20-30 KNOTS), AND WARM SEA
SURFACE TEMPERATURES (26-27 CELSIUS). THE DISTURBANCE IS IN AN AREA
THAT IS WEAKLY BAROCLINIC AND THE THERMAL STRUCTURE IS INDICATIVE OF
A SUBTROPICAL SYSTEM. GLOBAL MODELS INDICATE THAT THE DISTURBANCE
WILL TRACK NORTHWARD AND WINDS WILL EXCEED 25 KNOTS OVER THE NEXT
SEVERAL DAYS BUT ALSO SHOW THAT THE SYSTEM WILL REMAIN SUBTROPICAL.
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED SURFACE WINDS ARE ESTIMATED AT 10 TO 15 KNOTS.
MINIMUM SEA LEVEL PRESSURE IS ESTIMATED TO BE NEAR 1010 MB. THE
POTENTIAL FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF A SIGNIFICANT TROPICAL CYCLONE
WITHIN THE NEXT 24 HOURS IS LOW.
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Re: WPAC: INVEST 95W

#7 Postby euro6208 » Sat Aug 04, 2018 5:47 am

THE AREA OF CONVECTION (INVEST 95W) PREVIOUSLY LOCATED
NEAR 24.4N 175.3E, IS NOW LOCATED NEAR 27.5N 176.5E, APPROXIMATELY
330 NM WEST OF MIDWAY ISLAND. ANIMATED MULTISPECTRAL SATELLITE
IMAGERY SHOWS AN ASYMMETRICAL LOW LEVEL CIRCULATION CENTER WITH
CONVECTION SHEARED TO THE NORTHEAST. HIGH (40-50 KNOT) VWS AND
COOLING (26-27C) SSTS ARE LEADING TO 95W TAKING ON SUBTROPICAL
TRAITS SUCH AS AN ASYMMETRICAL WIND FIELD SEEN IN A 032208Z ASCAT
IMAGE, ALONG WITH A BROAD WARM CORE ANOMALY IN A 03/1900Z AMSU CROSS
SECTION. GLOBAL MODELS ARE IN GOOD AGREEMENT THAT 95W WILL TRAVEL
NORTH AND INTERACT WITH AN INCOMING MIDLATITUDE TROUGH AS IT
CONTINUES BECOMING EXTRATROPICAL. 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 LOW.
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Re: WPAC: INVEST 95W

#8 Postby euro6208 » Sun Aug 05, 2018 3:28 am

THE AREA OF CONVECTION (INVEST 95W) PREVIOUSLY LOCATED
NEAR 27.5N 176.5E, IS ASSESSED AS EXTRATROPICAL AND IS NO LONGER
SUSPECT FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF A SIGNIFICANT TROPICAL CYCLONE IN THE
NEXT 24 HOURS.
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Re: WPAC: INVEST 95W

#9 Postby euro6208 » Sun Aug 05, 2018 5:00 am

There goes another subtropical system not getting upgraded because JTWC doesn't upgrade ST systems and JMA doesn't recognize the classification. What a waste.
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Re: WPAC: INVEST 95W

#10 Postby NotoSans » Sun Aug 05, 2018 10:53 am

Subtropical Cyclone:
A non-frontal low-pressure system that has characteristics of both tropical and extratropical cyclones. Like tropical cyclones, they are non-frontal, synoptic-scale cyclones that originate over tropical or subtropical waters, and have a closed surface wind circulation about a well-defined center. In addition, they have organized moderate to deep convection, but lack a central dense overcast. Unlike tropical cyclones, subtropical cyclones derive a significant proportion of their energy from baroclinic sources, and are generally cold-core in the upper troposphere, often being associated with an upper-level low or trough. In comparison to tropical cyclones, these systems generally have a radius of maximum winds occurring relatively far from the center (usually greater than 60 n mi), and generally have a less symmetric wind field and distribution of convection.

It's not a subtropical storm because it lacks a closed circulation and a well-defined center. ASCAT is a handy tool when it comes to determining whether a storm can be classified as tropical/subtropical.
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