Nuevo sistema tropical en marcha y, según las previsiones, con alta probabilidad de que se convierta en todo un señor ciclón tropical... Las previsiones ahora mismo apuntan a que llegue a alcanzar los 90 KT de vientos sostenidos por lo que, al menos un categoría 1 en la escala de Saffir Simpson, sí que tendremos.
Boletín de discusión que extraigo del JTWC:ZCZC 912
WTIO30 FMEE 050645
RSMC / TROPICAL CYCLONE CENTRE / LA REUNION
TROPICAL CYCLONE FORECAST WARNING (SOUTH-WEST INDIAN OCEAN)0.A WARNING NUMBER : 5/10/20072008
1.A MODERATE TROPICAL STORM 10 (HONDO)2.A POSITION 2008/02/05 AT 0600 UTC :
WITHIN 20 NM RADIUS OF POINT 13.4S / 80.9E
(THIRTEEN DECIMAL FOUR DEGREES SOUTH AND EIGHTY DECIMAL NINE DEGREES
EAST
)
3.A DVORAK ANALYSIS : 3.0/3.0 /D 1.0/24 H
4.A CENTRAL PRESSURE : 990 HPA5.A MAX AVERAGE WIND SPEED (10 MN) : 40 KT6.A EXTENSION OF WINDS BY QUADRANTS (KM):
30 KT NE: 180 SE: 350 SO: 240 NO: 180
7.A FIRST CLOSED ISOBARE (PRESSURE / AVERAGE DIAM): 1006 HPA / 1400
KM
8.A VERTICAL EXTENSION OF CYCLONE CIRCULATION: DEEP
1.B FORECASTS:12H: 2008/02/05 18 UTC: 13.3S/81.0E, MAX WIND=050KT, SEVERE TROP.
STORM.
24H: 2008/02/06 06 UTC: 13.4S/81.1E, MAX WIND=060KT, SEVERE TROP.
STORM.
36H: 2008/02/06 18 UTC: 13.6S/81.3E, MAX WIND=065KT, TROPICAL
CYCLONE.
48H: 2008/02/07 06 UTC: 13.9S/81.8E, MAX WIND=075KT, TROPICAL
CYCLONE.
60H: 2008/02/07 18 UTC: 14.2S/82.4E, MAX WIND=085KT, TROPICAL
CYCLONE.
72H: 2008/02/08 06 UTC: 14.6S/83.3E, MAX WIND=090KT, INTENSE TROP.
CYCL..2.B OTHER INFORMATIONS:
T=CI=3.0
RECENT MICROWAVE SWATHS ((AQUA 1955Z AND SSMI/F13 0101Z) SHOWS AN
IMPROVMENT ON CONFIGURATION.
FIRST VISIBLE METESAT7 CONFIRMS THAT THE SYSTEM SHOWS A CURVED BAND
PATTERN WRAPPING AROUND THE CENTER A LITTLE BIT MORE THAN 6 TENS
ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS REMAINS FAVOURABLE FOR INTENSIFICATION.
WINDSHEAR IS WEAK UNDER THE HIGH LEVEL RIDGE , UPPER LEVEL DIVERGENCE
IS GOOD POLEWARD AND LOW LEVEL EQUATORWARD INFLOW IS SUSTAINED BY A WELL
ESTABLISHED MONSOON FLOW. SYSTEM IS EXPECTED REMAINING QUASI-STATIONNARY WITHIN THE NEXT 36
HOURS UNEDRGOING OPPOSITE STEERING FLOWS (UPPER LEVEL RIDGE AT 700 AND 500
HPA IN THE NORTH AND SUBTROPICAL HIGH PRESURES IN ITS SOUTHWEST).
GIVEN THE CURRENT SLOW MOTION, FORECAST TRACK FOLLOW NWP MODELS THAT
REFLECT IT (ECMWF, GFDN) AND EXCLUDED SOME REALLY FAST SOLUTIONS
(UKMO,ARPTROP). ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED REMAINING FAVOURABLE WITHIN THE
ALL RANGES OF THIS FORECAST , SO "HONDO" SHOULD KEEP ON GRADUALLY
INTENSIFYING. HOWEVER, ITS SLOW TRACK COULD LIMIT THE ENERGETIC OCEANIC POTENTIAL
AND IN CONSEQUENCE ITS INTENSIFICATION, THIS SCENARIO IS NOT FORECASTED
AT THIS TIME.=
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