El JTWC emite el rpimer aviso por formación de sistema tropical:
THE AREA OF CONVECTION PREVIOUSLY LOCATED NEAR 17.9S
164.2E, IS NOW LOCATED NEAR 18.0S 163.4E, APPROXIMATELY 305 NM NORTH-
WEST OF NOUMEA, NEW CALEDONIA. ANIMATED MULTISPECTRAL SATELLITE
IMAGERY DEPICTS A WELL-DEFINED,
CONSOLIDATING LOW-LEVEL CIRCULATION
CENTER (LLCC) WITH IMPROVED CONVECTIVE BANDING. A 200935Z SSMIS
IMAGE INDICATED A CONVECTIVE BAND NORTH WRAPPING INTO THE SOUTH-
EAST QUADRANT. ANIMATED WATER VAPOR IMAGERY
INDICATES GOOD POLE-
WARD OUTFLOW ENHANCED BY A MIDLATITUDE TROUGH SOUTHEAST OF NEW
CALEDONIA. UPPER LEVEL ANALYSIS INDICATES A GENERALLY FAVORABLE
ENVIRONMENT FOR FURTHER DEVELOPMENT
WITH WEAK VERTICAL WIND SHEAR
AND A MESOSCALE ANTICYCLONE OVER THE LLCC.
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
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 GOODSi adquire nombre, le corresponde: HETTIE