09S Elita forms

[Typhoon_Willie]

in the Mozambique Channel!


http://tcweb.fnmoc.navy.mil/tc-bin/tc_home.cgi

[senorpepr]

...should be a news-maker for Madagascar.

Furthermore, 90S is in the Indian Ocean...

Code: Select all

FORMATION OF A SIGNIFICANT TROPICAL CYCLONE IS POSSIBLE WITHIN
110 NM EITHER SIDE OF A LINE FROM 11.4S6 63.8E7 TO 15.4S0 64.3E3
WITHIN THE NEXT 12 TO 24 HOURS. AVAILABLE DATA DOES NOT JUSTIFY
ISSUANCE OF NUMBERED TROPICAL CYCLONE WARNINGS AT THIS TIME.
WINDS IN THE AREA ARE ESTIMATED TO BE 25 TO 30 KNOTS. METSAT
IMAGERY AT 262330Z6 INDICATES THAT A CIRCULATION CENTER IS LOCATED
NEAR 12.0S3 64.1E1. THE SYSTEM IS MOVING SOUTHEASTWARD AT 01 KNOT.
3. REMARKS: THE AREA OF CONVECTION PREVIOUSLY LOCATED NEAR 11.9S1
64.1E1 IS NOW LOCATED NEAR 12.0S3 64.1E1, APPROXIMATELY 565 NM
WEST-SOUTHWEST OF DIEGO GARCIA. LATEST ANIMATED INFRARED IMAGERY
INDICATES SUSTAINED CONVECTION OVER A WELL-DEFINED LOW LEVEL
CIRCULATION CENTER WITH SPIRAL BANDING BECOMING EVIDENT. 200 MB
ANALYSIS REVEALS FAVORABLE UPPER LEVEL DIFFLUENCE AND WEAK TO
MODERATE VERTICAL WIND SHEAR OVER THE AREA. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
SURFACE WINDS ARE ESTIMATED AT 25 TO 30 KNOTS. MINIMUM SEA LEVEL
PRESSURE IS ESTIMATED TO BE 1001 MB. THE POTENTIAL FOR THE
DEVELOPMENT OF A SIGNIFICANT TROPICAL CYCLONE WITHIN THE NEXT
24 HOURS IS UPGRADED TO GOOD.