SIO: DANDO - Subtropical Depression (06R)

[P.K.]

Last advisory.

WTIO30 FMEE 161242

RSMC / TROPICAL CYCLONE CENTER / LA REUNION
TROPICAL CYCLONE FORECAST WARNING (SOUTH-WEST INDIAN OCEAN)

0.A WARNING NUMBER: 7/6/20112012
1.A OVERLAND DEPRESSION 6 (DANDO)

2.A POSITION 2012/01/16 AT 1200 UTC:
WITHIN 20 NM RADIUS OF POINT 24.6 S / 34.1 E
(TWENTY FOUR DECIMAL SIX DEGREES SOUTH AND THIRTY FOUR DECIMAL ONE DEGREES EAST)
MOVEMENT : WEST-NORTH-WEST 11 KT

3.A DVORAK ANALYSIS: NIL
4.A CENTRAL PRESSURE: 994 HPA
5.A MAX AVERAGE WIND SPEED (10 MN): 35 KT
RADIUS OF MAXIMUM WINDS (RMW) :NIL

6.A EXTENSION OF WIND BY QUADRANTS (KM):
28 KT NE: 0 SE: 120 SW: 130 NW: 0
34 KT NE: 0 SE: 70 SW: 70 NW: 0



7.A FIRST CLOSED ISOBAR (PRESSURE / AVERAGE DIAM): 1004 HPA / 300 KM
8.A VERTICAL EXTENSION OF CYCLONE CIRCULATION : MEDIUM

1.B FORECASTS:
12H: 2012/01/17 00 UTC: 23.5 S / 32.8 E, MAX WIND=025 KT, INLAND
24H: 2012/01/17 12 UTC: 23.0 S / 31.9 E, MAX WIND=020 KT, DISSIPATING

2.B LONGER-RANGE OUTLOOK :

2.C ADDITIONAL INFORMATIONS:
THE SYSTEM MADE LANDFALL AROUND 09ZOVER THE MOZAMBICAN COASTS JUST TO THE WEST OF QUISSICO. CURRENTLY, THE PRESENTATION OVER SATELLITE IMAGERY REMAINS PRETTY WELL IMPRESSIVE.

DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS, THE POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY RAINS CONTINU OVER THE AFFECTED AREAS OF MOZAMBIQUE, NEAR THE RESIDUAL LOW LEVEL VORTEX AND ALSO IN THE COASTAL AREAS BETWEEN INHAMBANE AND MAPUTO IN THE LOW LEVEL CONVERGENCE/CONFLUENCE BETWEEN THE LLCC AND THE TRADEWINDS. 24H RAIN RATE IN THE 100 TO LOCALLY 150 MM ARE STILL POSSIBLE.

LAST ADVISORY ON THIS SYSTEM.

[HURAKAN]

To me it looked like it transitioned to a tropical storm before landfall

[DanieleItalyRm]

mm..very strange, it seems to me an evident Tropical Storm.
And the very closed thunderstorm circulation still be many actived in land..







In This Moment from Sat24:

[HURAKAN]

Looks like Dando moved back over the Mozambique Channel