South Pacific: Tropical Cyclone FUNA (TC 12P)

[HurricaneRobert]

Looks ET. Bye bye Tuna.

[Coredesat]

Not quite extratropical but headed there in a hurry. And it's Funa, not Tuna.

[Cyclone1]

Wow, that's a beautiful ET transition.

And, it should be Tuna.

[Coredesat]

[Chacor]

HURRICANE WARNING 345

This affects ocean area: SUBTROPIC
Tropical Cyclone FUNA [950hPa] centre was located near 27.4 South
173.6 East at 200000 UTC.
Position Fair.
Repeat position 27.4S 173.6E at 200000 UTC.
Cyclone is moving southsouthwest about 20 knots.
Expect sustained winds of 80 knots close to the centre.
Expect winds over 63 knots within 30 miles of centre.
Expect winds over 48 knots within 120 miles of centre in the
southeast semicircle and within 60 miles of centre in the northwest
semicircle.
Expect winds over 33 knots within 360 miles of centre in the
southeast semicircle and within 180 miles of centre in the northwest
semicircle.
Forecast position near 31.0S 171.0E at 201200 UTC
and near 34.5S 169.0E at 210000 UTC.
This warning cancels and replaces warning 339.

Issued at 00:40:08Z on 20-Jan-2008

[Chacor]

HURRICANE WARNING 354

This affects ocean area: SUBTROPIC
Tropical Cyclone FUNA [970hPa] centre was located near 30.0 South
170.0 East at 201200 UTC.
Position Poor.
Repeat position 30.0S 170.0E at 201200 UTC.
Cyclone is moving southwest about 18 knots.
Expect sustained winds of 65 knots close to the centre.
Expect winds over 63 knots within 20 miles of centre.
Expect winds over 48 knots within 180 miles of centre in the
southeast semicircle and within 100 miles of centre in the northwest
semicircle.
Expect winds over 33 knots within 300 miles of centre in the
southeast semicircle and within 200 miles of centre in the northwest
semicircle.
Forecast position near 33.3S 167.6E at 210000 UTC
and near 38.3S 167.9E at 211200 UTC.
This warning cancels and replaces warning 350.

Issued at 13:00:46Z on 20-Jan-2008

[Coredesat]

The only problem I have with TCWC Wellington is that their warnings are only issued every 12 hours, but they'll probably kill off Funa at the next advisory.

[Cyclenall]

That is one of the fastest transitions to ET I've seen. It's cool how the warm cloud tops show the ghost of what it looked like at max strength.

[P.K.]

The only problem I have with TCWC Wellington is that their warnings are only issued every 12 hours, but they'll probably kill off Funa at the next advisory.

It is every 6 hours from them from what I have seen. Anyway they have just killed it off as you thought.

STORM WARNING 359

This affects ocean area: SUBTROPIC
AT 201800UTC

Low 975hPa, former Cyclone FUNA, near 30S 169E moving southwest
15kt.
1. Within 60 miles of low: Clockwise 60kt.
2. Outside area 1 and within 120 miles of low: Clockwise 50kt.
3. Outside areas 1 and 2 and within 240 miles of low in sector from
north through east to southwest: Clockwise 35kt.
4. Outside areas 1 to 3 and within 180 miles of low in sector from
southwest through northwest to north: Clockwise 35kt.
Storm and gale areas moving with low.
This warning cancels and replaces warning 354.

Issued at 18:50:41Z on 20-Jan-2008

[Coredesat]

The only problem I have with TCWC Wellington is that their warnings are only issued every 12 hours, but they'll probably kill off Funa at the next advisory.

It is every 6 hours from them from what I have seen. Anyway they have just killed it off as you thought.

STORM WARNING 359

This affects ocean area: SUBTROPIC
AT 201800UTC

Low 975hPa, former Cyclone FUNA, near 30S 169E moving southwest
15kt.
1. Within 60 miles of low: Clockwise 60kt.
2. Outside area 1 and within 120 miles of low: Clockwise 50kt.
3. Outside areas 1 and 2 and within 240 miles of low in sector from
north through east to southwest: Clockwise 35kt.
4. Outside areas 1 to 3 and within 180 miles of low in sector from
southwest through northwest to north: Clockwise 35kt.
Storm and gale areas moving with low.
This warning cancels and replaces warning 354.

Issued at 18:50:41Z on 20-Jan-2008

Well, never mind then. I didn't see an 06Z warning and jumped to conclusions.

[Coredesat]

Nasty extratropical storm headed for New Zealand.

[Coredesat]

Gone from NRL.