4 north/159 east system to watch

[Matt-hurricanewatcher]

) AN AREA OF CONVECTION HAS DEVELOPED NEAR 4.0N 159.1E,
APPROXIMATELY 185 NM SOUTH-SOUTHEAST OF POHNPEI. RECENT ANIMATED
INFRARED AND WATER VAPOR SATELLITE IMAGERY DEPICTS A LARGE AREA
OF PERSISTENT DEEP CONVECTION NEAR A DEVELOPING MID-LEVEL CIR-
CULATION CENTER. A 201713Z AMSU PASS DEPICTED A CURVED BAND OF
CONVECTION TO THE NORTH WRAPPING INTO THE WESTERN QUADRANT AND
IMPROVING OVERALL DEVELOPMENT. A 200752Z QUIKSCAT PASS INDICATED
ENHANCED WESTERLY, CONVERGENT LOW-LEVEL FLOW OVER THE SOUTHERN
SEMI-CIRCLE. UPPER LEVEL ANALYSIS REVEALED THAT THE SYSTEM IS
LOCATED SOUTH OF THE NEAR-EQUATORIAL RIDGE AXIS AND IS UNDER
MODERATE VERTICAL WIND SHEAR. HOWEVER, STRONG UPPER LEVEL
DIFFLUENT FLOW OVER THE DISTURBANCE IS SUSTAINING DEEP CONVEC-
TION. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED SURFACE WINDS ARE ESTIMATED AT 15 TO 20
KNOTS. MINIMUM SEA LEVEL PRESSURE IS ESTIMATED TO BE NEAR 1005 MB.
BASED ON THE STRONG UPPER LEVEL DIFFLUENCE AND CONVECTIVE BANDING
EVIDENT ON MICROWAVE IMAGERY, THE POTENTIAL FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF
A SIGNIFICANT TROPICAL CYCLONE WITHIN THE NEXT 24 HOURS IS FAIR.

[willjnewton]

where is this system at???is it in the atlantic basin???

[Matt-hurricanewatcher]

Western Pacific

[willjnewton]

okay thanks

[EDR1222]

Western Pacific

Hey Matt, just wanted to see if you had some good links you could post for Western Pacific Satellite imagery.

Thanks in advance,

Ed

[Matt-hurricanewatcher]

http://www.ssd.noaa.gov/mtsat/nwpac.html
http://www.cira.colostate.edu/ramm/rmsd ... PICAL.html
http://wwwghcc.msfc.nasa.gov/GOES/globalir.html

[P.K.]

Just to add this to that list. http://www.jma.go.jp/en/gms/

[EDR1222]

Just what I was looking for. Great Links. Thanks Matt and P.K.!