WPAC: Invest 92W

[Hayabusa]

Dateline invest, former 90C?

92W INVEST 220814 1200 16.4N 179.3E WPAC 15 0

Looks like it is, as it is a TD per JMA

WWJP27 RJTD 141200
WARNING AND SUMMARY 141200.
WARNING VALID 151200.
WARNING IS UPDATED EVERY 6 HOURS.
TROPICAL DEPRESSION 1012 HPA AT 17N 179E WEST 15 KT.

[wxman57]

It's the same system that passed south of the Hawaiian Islands a few days ago. JMA is quite lenient with its depression designation. Forecast maps indicate dissipation within 24 hours. I don't see any evidence of a circulation in a 6Z scatterometer pass.

[Hayabusa]

GFS was excited about this in 1st week of August and I was too. I'm wishing this could be a sleeper.