TCFA.
THE AREA OF CONVECTION (INVEST 99P) PREVIOUSLY LOCATED NEAR
19.2S 168.8E IS NOW LOCATED NEAR 19.2S 167.7E, APPROXIMATELY 126 NM EAST
OF NIUE ISLAND. ANIMATED MULTISPECTRAL SATELLITE IMAGERY (MSI) AND A
091725Z SSMIS 91GHZ MICROWAVE IMAGE REVEALS A VERY COMPACT SYSTEM, WITH A
CONSOLIDATING LOW LEVEL CIRCULATION (LLC) WITH DEEP CONVECTION COVERING
THE POSSIBLE LOW LEVEL CIRCULATION CENTER (LLCC) AS WELL AS FORMATIVE
BANDING ON THE NORTHERN AND SOUTHERN PERIPHERIES WRAPPING TOWARDS THE
LLCC. A 092103Z ASCAT METOP-B SCATTEROMETRY PARTIAL PASS REVEALED A LARGE
SWATH OF 15-20 KNOT WIND FIELDS ALONG THE WESTERN EDGES AND SMALLER
FIELDS OF 25-30 KNOTS NEAR THE POSSIBLE LLCC. 99P CONTINUES TO BE DEEPLY
EMBEDDED WITHIN THE SPCZ, AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE WITH
WARM (27-28C) SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURES, EXCELLENT UPPER LEVEL OUTFLOW
(AIDED BY AN UPPER LEVEL ANTICYCLONE OVER THE SYSTEM AND THE TAIL END OF
THE STJ TO THE SOUTHEAST), AND LOW TO MODERATE (10-15KT) VWS. DUE TO THE
RAPID DEVELOPMENT OF THIS SYSTEM, MODEL GUIDANCE IS CURRENTLY LIMITED TO
GLOBAL DETERMINISTIC MODELS, WHICH GENERALLY INDICATE AN EAST-
SOUTHEASTWARD TRACK ALONG OR WITHIN A SURFACE TROF, WITH THE GFS AND
NAVGEM BEING THE FRONTRUNNERS. NO MESOSCALE INTENSITY GUIDANCE IS
AVAILABLE, BUT THE GLOBAL GFS AND NAVGEM CONCUR ON STEADY DEVELOPMENT OF
THE SYSTEM INTO A TROPICAL CYCLONE OVER THE NEXT 24 TO 36 HOURS. HOWEVER,
DUE TO THE EXTREMELY SMALL NATURE OF THE SYSTEM, THE GLOBAL FIELDS ARE
LIKELY UNDERESTIMATING THE POTENTIAL OF THE SYSTEM TO DEVELOP AND WARNING
CRITERIA COULD BE REACHED SOONER THAN ANTICIPATED. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
SURFACE WINDS ARE ESTIMATED AT 27 TO 32 KNOTS. MINIMUM SEA LEVEL PRESSURE
IS ESTIMATED TO BE NEAR 1002 MB. THE POTENTIAL FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF A
SIGNIFICANT TROPICAL CYCLONE WITHIN THE NEXT 24 HOURS IS HIGH.

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