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MSGID/GENADMIN/NAVPACMETOCCEN PEARL HARBOR HI/JTWC//
SUBJ/TROPICAL CYCLONE FORMATION ALERT 222151ZNOV04//
RMKS/
1. FORMATION OF A SIGNIFICANT TROPICAL CYCLONE IS POSSIBLE WITHIN
150 NM EITHER SIDE OF A LINE FROM 4.5N9 76.8E1 TO 5.1N6 67.8E1
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 IM
AGERY AT 222100Z7 INDICATES THAT A CIRCULATION CENTER IS LOCATED
NEAR 4.4N8 76.4E7. THE SYSTEM IS MOVING WEST-NORTHWESTWARD AT 06
KNOTS.
2. REMARKS: THE AREA OF CONVECTION PREVIOUSLY LOCATED NEAR 3.9S2
76.9E2, IS NOW LOCATED NEAR 4.4N8 76.4E7, APPROXIMATELY 255 NM
SOUTHWEST OF COLOMBO, SRI LANKA. ANIMATED ENHANCED AND RECENT
MICROWAVE IMAGERY SHOW THAT CONVECTION HAS BECOME MORE ORGANIZED
OVER A BROAD LOW LEVEL CIRCULATION CENTER. UPPER LEVEL ANALYSIS
INDICATES LOW VERTICAL WIND SHEAR AND FAVORABLE DIVERGENCE ALOFT.
MAXIMUM SURFACE WINDS ARE ESTIMATED AT 25 TO 30 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 UPGRADED TO GOOD.
3. THIS ALERT WILL BE REISSUED, UPGRADED TO WARNING OR CANCELLED BY
232200Z9.//
Another possible cyclone at the indian ocean as powerful cyclone Bento is at that body of water too making that ocean very active at this time.

