Impresionante LIN también
Se ve más grande de tamaño y con mejor simetría y buen outflow de cirros. No se le ve ojo, pero si vemos la imagen de microondas (adjunta), es posible ver que el anillo está cerrado aunque no es muy homogéneo ni simétrico, además de dibujar un ojo demasiado grande. El servicio meteorológico de las FIJI dice lo siguiente, corroborando el aspecto del ciclón a través del satélite:
TROPICAL DISTURBANCE ADVISORY NUMBER A9 ISSUED FROM RSMC NADI
Apr 04/1435 UTC 2009 UTC.
TROPICAL CYCLONE LIN 14F [
980HPA] CATEGORY 2 CENTRE WAS LOCATED NEAR
19.5S 175.5W AT 041200 UTC MOVING SOUTH AT 08 KNOTS. POSITION FAIR
BASED ON MTSAT IR IMAGERY WITH ANIMATION.
CYCLONE INTENSIFYING.
EXPECT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 55 KNOTS CLOSE TO THE CENTRE INCREASING TO
60 KNOTS IN THE NEXT 3 TO 6 HOURS. EXPECT WINDS OVER 47 KNOTS WITHIN
50 NAUTICAL MILES OF CENTRE. EXPECT WINDS OVER 33 KNOTS WITHIN 150
NAUTICAL MILES OF CENTRE.
DEEP CONVECTION HAS INCREASED OVER LLCC IN THE PAST 6 TO 12 HOURS.
BANDING EVIDENT TO NORTH AND EAST. WATER VAPOUR IMAGERY SHOWS GOOD
OUTFLOW CHANNELS TO THE SOUTH AND EAST SUPPORTING THE SYSTEM. LIN
CURRENTLY LIES IN AN AREA OF LOW VERTICAL WIND SHEAR IN A DIFFLUENT
REGION. NORTHWESTERLY STEERING FIELD HAS WEAKENED SLIGHTLY SLOWING
DOWN MOVEMENT OF THE SYSTEM.
CIMSS INDICATES INCREASING SHEAR TO
SOUTH OF TONGATAPU AND THIS WILL WEAKEN THE SYSTEM BEYOND 24 HOURS. A
250 HPA LONG WAVE TROUGH IS APPROACHING FROM THE WEST AND WILL ASSIST
IN RESTRICTING FURTHER DEVELOPMENT. ON ITS FORECAST TRACK, THE SYSTEM
IS EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO MORE HOSTILE ENVIRONMENT. SST AROUND 28
DEGREES CELCIUS. DVORAK ANALYSIS BASED ON WRAP OF 0.95 ON LOG10
SPIRAL YIELDING DT=PT=3.5, MET=3.0. FT BASED ON DT, THUS
T3.5/3.5/D1.5/24HRS. GLOBAL MODELS AGREE ON SHORT-TERM
INTENSIFICATION ALONG A SOUTHEASTERLY TRACK AND THEN GRADUAL
WEAKENING.
FORECAST:
12HRS VALID AT 050000 UTC NEAR 21.1S 174.8W MOV SSE 09KT WITH 50KT
CLOSE TO CENTRE. 24HRS VALID AT 051200 UTC NEAR 23.0S 174.2W MOV SSE
09KT WITH 50KT CLOSE TO CENTRE.
OUTLOOK:
36HRS VALID AT 060000 UTC NEAR 24.9S 173.2W MOV SSE 10KT WITH 45KT
CLOSE TO CENTRE.
48HRS VALID AT 061200 UTC NEAR 27.1S 171.4W MOV SSE 11KT WITH 40KT
CLOSE TO CENTRE.
THE NEXT ADVISORY ON TROPICAL CYCLONE LIN WILL BE ISSUED AROUND
042030 UTC.
A ver si consigue alcanzar la categoría 1 en la Escala de Saffir Simpson, porque no va a tener muchas oportunidades, si pierde fuelle ahora.