#8 Postby Typhoon Hunter » Sat Apr 12, 2008 10:00 pm
99W has unpoofed itself and has been upgraded to FAIR by JTWC.
ABPW10 PGTW 130100
MSGID/GENADMIN/NAVPACMETOCCEN PEARL HARBOR HI/JTWC//
SUBJ/SIGNIFICANT TROPICAL WEATHER ADVISORY FOR THE WESTERN AND
/SOUTH PACIFIC OCEANS REISSUED/130100Z-130600ZAPR2008//
RMKS/
1. WESTERN NORTH PACIFIC AREA (180 TO MALAY PENINSULA):
A. TROPICAL CYCLONE SUMMARY: NONE.
B. TROPICAL DISTURBANCE SUMMARY:
(1) THE AREA OF CONVECTION PREVIOUSLY LOCATED NEAR 7.9N
132.9E, IS NOW LOCATED NEAR 6.4N 127.9E, APPROXIMATELY 140 NM
SOUTHEAST OF BISLIG, PHILIPPINES. RECENT ANIMATED METSAT IMAGERY
CONTINUES TO SHOW DISORGANIZED CONVECTION ASSOCIATED WITH A
CONSOLIDATING LOW LEVEL CIRCULATION CENTER (LLCC). SURFACE
OBSERVATIONS IN THE VICINITY OF THE SUSPECT AREA DEPICT WEAK
SOUTHEASTERLY WINDS AND 24 HOUR PRESSURE FALLS NEAR 4 MB IN EASTERN
MINDANAO. A 2247Z SSMI MICROWAVE IMAGE SHOWS WEAK CONVECTIVE BANDING
BEGINNING TO WRAP INTO THE LLCC. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED SURFACE WINDS
ARE ESTIMATED AT 12 TO 17 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 IS UPGRADED TO
FAIR.
ECMWF still going for development over the South China Sea and making landfall over Guangdong as a tropical storm/depression.
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