WTIO30 FMEE 051825
RSMC / TROPICAL CYCLONE CENTRE / LA REUNION
TROPICAL CYCLONE FORECAST WARNING (SOUTH-WEST INDIAN OCEAN)
0.A WARNING NUMBER : 5/12/20072008
1.A MODERATE TROPICAL STORM 12 (JOKWE)
2.A POSITION 2008/03/05 AT 1800 UTC :
WITHIN 30 NM RADIUS OF POINT 12.0S / 50.0E
(TWELVE DECIMAL ZERO DEGREES SOUTH AND FIFTY DECIMAL ZERO DEGREES
EAST)
3.A DVORAK ANALYSIS : 3.5/3.5 /D 1.5/24 H
4.A CENTRAL PRESSURE : 990 HPA
5.A MAX AVERAGE WIND SPEED (10 MN) : 45 KT
6.A EXTENSION OF WINDS BY QUADRANTS (KM):
30 KT NE: 080 SE: 130 SO: 130 NO: 080
7.A FIRST CLOSED ISOBARE (PRESSURE / AVERAGE DIAM): 1008 HPA / 500 KM
8.A VERTICAL EXTENSION OF CYCLONE CIRCULATION: DEEP
1.B FORECASTS:
12H: 2008/03/06 06 UTC: 12.5S/47.8E, MAX WIND=045KT, MODERATE TROP.
STORM
.
24H: 2008/03/06 18 UTC: 13.3S/45.4E, MAX WIND=050KT, SEVERE TROP.
STORM.
36H: 2008/03/07 06 UTC: 13.8S/43.4E, MAX WIND=055KT, SEVERE TROP.
STORM.
48H: 2008/03/07 18 UTC: 14.1S/42.3E, MAX WIND=060KT, SEVERE TROP.
STORM.
60H: 2008/03/08 06 UTC: 14.4S/41.5E, MAX WIND=060KT, SEVERE TROP.
STORM.
72H: 2008/03/08 18 UTC: 15.4S/40.3E, MAX WIND=050KT, OVERLAND.
2.B OTHER INFORMATIONS:
T=CI=3.5-
JOKWE HAS MOVED WESTWARDS AT 8 KT DURING THE LAST 6 HOURS.
LATEST MICROWAVE IMAGERY (SSMI PASS AT 1507Z AND 1613Z) SUGGEST THAT
JOKWE IS STRENGHENING WITH A WARM SPOT ON THE 85GHZ IMAGERY.
THEREFORE,
JOKWE IS UPGRADED ON THE HIGHER LEVEL OF MODERATE TROPICAL STORM
STATUS
WITH WINDS AT 45 KT. SOME FURTHER INTENSIFICATION IS POSSIBLE BEFORE
THE
CENTER CROSS T
HE NORTHERN TIP OF MADAGASCAR NEAR DIEGO SUAREZ AND JOKWE COULD BE A
SEVERE TROPICAL STORM BY THAT TIME LATER TONIGHT.
FOR THIS SMALL SYSTEM, THE ASSOCIATED MSLP IS HIGHER THAN FOR SUCH AN
INTENSITY CLASSICAL SYSTEM.
UPPER LEVEL OUTFLOW IS GOOD, SEA POTENTIAL HEAT IS SUFFICIENT (SST AT
MORE THAN 27,5 CELSIUS DEGREES), BUT EQUATORWARDS LOW LEVEL INFLOW IS
WEAK.
THIS SYTEM SHOULD KEEP ON TRACKING GLOBALLY WEST-SOUTHWESTWARDS ALONG
THE
NORTHERN PERIPHERY OF THE SUBTROPICAL RIDGE. JOKWE SHOULD BE AROUND
TAU
24 NEAR MAYOTTE ISLAND. AFTER HAVING CROSSED THE NORTHERN TIP OF
MADAGASCAR, IT SHOULD INTENSIFY OVER THE WARM SEAS OF THE MOZAMBIQUE
CHANNEL, BETWEEN THE
NORTHWESTERN COASTS OF MADAGASCAR AND COMOROS ARCHIPELAGO.=
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![Image](http://www.meteo.fr/temps/domtom/La_Reunion/TGPR/saison/images/trajectoire/ZOOM_Derniere_12.png)