#3 Postby supercane » Tue Oct 20, 2015 12:50 pm
AWIO20 FMEE 201207
TROPICAL CYCLONE CENTER / RSMC LA REUNION / METEO-FRANCE
BULLETIN FOR CYCLONIC ACTIVITY AND SIGNIFICANT TROPICAL WEATHER IN
THE SOUTHWEST INDIAN OCEAN
DATE: 2015/10/20 AT 1200 UTC
PART 1:
WARNING SUMMARY:
Nil.
PART 2 :
TROPICAL WEATHER DISCUSSION:
The convective activity is moderate to locally strong between the Equator and 10S, and between 50E and 75E, within the Near Equatorial Trough.
In this area, a weak clockwise low level circulation has developed in the near south of Mahe Island in the Seychelles Archipelago. A circulation center is clearly visible on the satellite imagery at 6Z and positioned at 5.3S / 55.4E. The minimal MSLP, estimated by the ground station of Mahe international airport, very close to the center, is 1008 hPa at 9Z. The winds range from 10 kt in the northern part to 20/25kt in the pressure gradient in the south. The cloud structure suggests a north-easterly wind shear, consistent with the numerical weather models upper level analysis . Thus, the strongest convection is only affecting the south-western part of the circulation.
For the next 48 to 72 hours, this low is likely to deepen marginally, with a good upper level divergence and a rather good poleward low level convergence provided by the moderate trade winds, but being constrained by the wind shear. The central low is only moving slightly and remains in the vicinity of the Seychelles archipelago. The main part of the strong convection remains located in the southern half of the circulation and is likely to spare the Seychelles.
From Friday, the environmental conditions are expected to become less and less conducive, with a significant increase of the vertical wind shear. The Seychelles archipelago may be affected by a new rainy episode over the week end.
A second perturbed area is located in the north-west of the Chagos, near 6S / 69E. There is no noticeable center yet. However, the associated convection is quite strong and the upper level divergence is good. As for now, according to the ECMWF model, a weak clockwise circulation should appear in the low levels but without any significant deepening. During the next days, this circulation remains relatively unorganized before disappearing saturday with the arrival of a more significant wind shear constraint.
For the next 5 days, the likelihood of development of a tropical depression is low south of the Seychelles Archipelagos.
NOTA BENE: The likelihood is an estimate of the chance of the genesis of a tropical depression over the basin and within the next five days:
Very low: less than 10% Moderate: 30% to 50% Very high: over 90%
Low: 10% to 30% High: 50% to 90%
The Southwestern Indian Ocean basin extends from the equator to 40S and from the african coastlines to 90E.
ABIO10 PGTW 201800
MSGID/GENADMIN/JOINT TYPHOON WRNCEN PEARL HARBOR HI//
SUBJ/SIGNIFICANT TROPICAL WEATHER ADVISORY FOR THE INDIAN
/OCEAN/201800Z-211800ZOCT2015//
RMKS/
1. NORTH INDIAN OCEAN AREA (MALAY PENINSULA WEST TO COAST OF AFRICA):
A. TROPICAL CYCLONE SUMMARY: NONE.
B. TROPICAL DISTURBANCE SUMMARY: NONE.
2. SOUTH INDIAN OCEAN AREA (135E WEST TO COAST OF AFRICA):
A. TROPICAL CYCLONE SUMMARY: NONE.
B. TROPICAL DISTURBANCE SUMMARY:
(1) THE AREA OF CONVECTION PREVIOUSLY LOCATED NEAR 5.1S 55.6E,
IS NOW LOCATED NEAR 5.9S 54.6E, APPROXIMATELY 740 NM SOUTHEAST OF
MOGADISHU, AFRICA. ANIMATED INFRARED SATELLITE IMAGERY DEPICTS A
FULLY EXPOSED LOW LEVEL CIRCULATION CENTER (LLCC)NORTH OF THE
DEEPEST CONVECTION. UPPER LEVEL ANALYSIS INDICATES A MARGINALLY
FAVORABLE ENVIRONMENT WITH MODERATE VERTICAL WIND SHEAR BUT WEAK
DIVERGENT OUTFLOW. GLOBAL MODELS SHOW MINIMAL DEVELOPMENT OF THIS
DISTURBANCE. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED SURFACE WINDS ARE ESTIMATED AT 15 TO
20 KNOTS. MINIMUM SEA LEVEL PRESSURE IS ESTIMATED TO BE NEAR 1007
MB. THE POTENTIAL FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF A SIGNIFICANT TROPICAL
CYCLONE WITHIN THE NEXT 24 HOURS REMAINS LOW.
(2) NO OTHER SUSPECT AREAS.//
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