FORMATION OF A SIGNIFICANT TROPICAL CYCLONE IS POSSIBLE WITHINA 105 NM RADIUS OF 20.1S 50.8E WITHIN THE NEXT 12 TO 24 HOURS.AVAILABLE DATA DOES NOT JUSTIFY ISSUANCE OF NUMBERED TROPICAL CY-CLONE WARNINGS AT THIS TIME. WINDS IN THE AREA ARE ESTIMATED TOBE 25 TO 30 KNOTS. METSAT IMAGERY AT 091130Z INDICATES THAT ACIRCULATION CENTER IS LOCATED NEAR 20.1S 50.8E. THE SYSTEM ISMOVING SOUTH-SOUTHEASTWARD AT 04 KNOTS.
FORMATION OF A SIGNIFICANT TROPICAL CYCLONE IS POSSIBLE WITHIN145 NM EITHER SIDE OF A LINE FROM 8.6S 89.8E TO 15.1S 87.2E WITH-IN THE NEXT 12 TO 24 HOURS. AVAILABLE DATA DOES NOT JUSTIFY IS-SUANCE OF NUMBERED TROPICAL CYCLONE WARNINGS AT THIS TIME. WINDSIN THE AREA ARE ESTIMATED TO BE 30 TO 35 KNOTS. METSAT IMAGERY AT212330Z INDICATES THAT A CIRCULATION CENTER IS LOCATED NEAR 9.9S89.4E. THE SYSTEM IS MOVING SOUTH-SOUTHWESTWARD AT 12 KNOTS.
AN AREA OF CONVECTION HAS PERSISTED NEAR 9.4S 92.5E, APPROXIMATELY 305 NM WEST-NORTHWEST OF COCOS ISLANDS. A 010232Z ASCAT PASS REVEALS AN AREA OF TIGHT TROUGHING WITH A BAND OF 20-25 KNOT WINDS ON THE POLEWARD SIDE OF THE TROUGH WHILE ANIMATED MULTISPECTRAL SATELLITE IMAGERY SHOWS A PARTIALLY-EXPOSED LOW LEVEL CIRCULATION CENTER (LLCC) WITH DEEP CONVECTION TO THE SOUTHWEST OF THE SYSTEM CENTER. A 010034Z SSMIS MICROWAVE IMAGE ALSO DEPICTS CURVED INFLOW ABOUT THE SYSTEM CENTER. ENVIRONMENTAL ANALYSIS INDICATES THE SYSTEM HAS DIVERGENT OUTFLOW ALOFT BUT IS ALSO IN AN AREA OF MODERATE VERTICAL WIND SHEAR CAUSED BY EASTERLY FLOW EQUATORWARD OF THE SUBTROPICAL RIDGE AXIS. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED SURFACE WINDS ARE ESTIMATED AT 15 TO 20 KNOTS. MINIMUM SEA LEVEL PRESSURE IS ESTIMATED TO BE NEAR 1008 MB. DUE TO THE DISORGANIZED AND SHEARED DEEP CONVECTION AS WELL AS A LACK OF GLOBAL MODEL DEVELOPMENT OVER THE NEXT 24 HOURS, THE POTENTIAL FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF A SIGNIFICANT TROPICAL CYCLONE WITHIN THE NEXT 24 HOURS IS POOR.