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JTWC 05Z評級降低LOW
(1) THE AREA OF CONVECTION (INVEST 96W) PREVIOUSLY LOCATED
NEAR 8.0N 168.5E, IS NOW LOCATED NEAR 8.7N 166.6E, APPROXIMATELY 67
NM WEST OF KWAJALEIN. ANIMATED MULTISPECTRAL SATELLITE IMAGERY
DEPICTS LIMITED DISORGANIZED FLARING CONVECTION OVER BROAD CYCLONIC
INFLOW AND A WELL-DEFINED FULLY EXPOSED MESOVORTEX. A 012218Z MHS
89GHZ MICROWAVE IMAGE CAPTURES THE LOW LEVEL INFLOW, AND INDICATED
ONLY ONE AREA OF DEEP CONVECTION. LOCAL OBSERVATIONS FROM
APPROXIMATELY 60NM AWAY SHOW SUSTAINED WINDS IN THE 10-20 KNOT
RANGE. ENVIRONMENTAL ANALYSIS INDICATES THAT INVEST 96W IS LOCATED
IN AN AREA OF MARGINAL DIFFLUENCE ALOFT, WHICH IS STRUGGLING TO
SUPPORT CONVECTION, AND MODERATE (15-20 KT) VERTICAL WIND SHEAR,
WHICH IS DISPLACING CONVECTION FROM THE LOW-LEVEL CIRCULATION. WARM
SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURES (28-29 DEGREES CELSIUS) ARE FAVORABLE FOR
FURTHER DEVELOPMENT. SOME GLOBAL MODELS PREDICT AN INTERACTION WITH
A CIRCULATION TO THE WEST ALSO EMBEDDED IN THE GENERAL AREA OF
TROUGHING, AND EVENTUAL INTENSIFICATION SEVERAL DAYS LATER, WHILE
OTHERS DO NOT MAINTAIN THE CIRCULATION OR DEVELOP INVEST 96W.
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED SURFACE WINDS ARE ESTIMATED AT 15 TO 20 KNOTS.
MINIMUM SEA LEVEL PRESSURE IS ESTIMATED TO BE NEAR 1008 MB. THE
POTENTIAL FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF A SIGNIFICANT TROPICAL CYCLONE
WITHIN THE NEXT 24 HOURS IS DOWNGRADED TO LOW.
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