WPAC: INVEST 92W

[euro6208]

92W INVEST 160810 0000 21.7N 127.5E WPAC 15 1002

[euro6208]

AN AREA OF CONVECTION (INVEST 92W) HAS PERSISTED NEAR
22.7N 126.5E, APPROXIMATELY 160 NM SOUTHEAST OF ISHIGAKI-JIMA.
ANIMATED MULTISPECTRAL SATELLITE IMAGERY AND A 092209Z SSMIS 91GHZ
IMAGE DEPICTS A BROAD LOW-LEVEL CIRCULATION CENTER (LLCC) WITH WEAK
FLARING CONVECTION IN THE VICINITY OF THE LLCC. A 092211Z WINDSAT
PASS SHOWS 10 TO 15 KNOT WINDS AROUND THE ELONGATED LLCC. SURFACE
OBSERVATIONS INDICATE SLP VALUES AS LOW AS 1002MB. UPPER-LEVEL
ANALYSIS INDICATES A MARGINAL ENVIRONMENT WITH MODERATE DIFFLUENCE
AND LOW (05-10KT) VERTICAL WIND SHEAR. DYNAMIC MODELS INDICATE
A WEST-NORTHWESTWARD TRACK MOTION TOWARD TAIWAN OVER THE NEXT 24
HOURS WITH LITTLE DEVELOPMENT. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED SURFACE WINDS ARE
ESTIMATED AT 10 TO 15 KNOTS. MINIMUM SEA LEVEL PRESSURE IS ESTIMATED
TO BE NEAR 1002 MB. THE POTENTIAL FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF A
SIGNIFICANT TROPICAL CYCLONE WITHIN THE NEXT 24 HOURS IS LOW.

[euro6208]

Weird 00Z EURO run.

It develops this alright but overland!?

That's right over Guangdong Province heading southwest towards the Gulf of Tonkin where it intensifies it into a Typhoon, makes landfall yet again near Hainan and links up with another developing TC to the east or south east of Hong Kong and gets absorbed into it before a Northeast of Hong Kong...

[TheAustinMan]

Satellite appearance looks fairly decent this morning, though radar presentation leaves a bit to be desired.

[1900hurricane]

I'd say 92W was pretty close to being worthy of depression classification before running aground across Taiwan.

[euro6208]

THE AREA OF CONVECTION (INVEST 92W) PREVIOUSLY LOCATED
NEAR 22.7N 126.5E, HAS DISSIPATED AND IS NO LONGER SUSPECT FOR THE
DEVELOPMENT OF A SIGNIFICANT TROPICAL CYCLONE IN THE NEXT 24 HOURS.