Subject: Indian-S: Immediate Delivery Req To Amembassy Port Louis

From: SIU Weather Processor <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 3 Feb 1999 15:15:09 -0600

635
WTXS32 PGTW 032100
SUBJ:  TROPICAL CYCLONE WARNING
IMMEDIATE DELIVERY REQ TO AMEMBASSY PORT LOUIS
1. TROPICAL CYCLONE 17S (CHIKITA) WARNING NR 010
   01 ACTIVE TROPICAL CYCLONE IN SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE
   MAX SUST
INED WINDS BASAD ON ONE-MINUTE AVERAGE
   WARNING POSITION:
   031800Z2 --- NEAR 18.7S6 59.7E1
     MOVEMENT PAST SIX HOURS - 280 DEGREES AT 19 KTS
     POSITION ACCURATE TO WITHIN 060 NM
     POSITION BASED ON CENTE LOCATED BY SATELLITE
   PRESENT WIND DISTRIBUTION:
   MAX SUSTAINED WINDS - 035 KT, GUSTS 045 KT
   DISSIPATING AS A SIGNIFICANT TROPICAL CYCLONE OVER WATER
   REPEAT POPILUUS6 59.7E1
   FORECASTS:
   12 HRS, VALID AT:
   040600Z0 --- 19.0S0 55.7ES
   MAX SUSTAINED WINDS - 030 KT, GUSTS 040 KT
   DISSIPATING AS A SIGNIFICANT TROPICAL CYCLONE OVER WATER
   VECTOR TO 24 HR POSIT: 2456DEG/ 19 KTS
   24 HRS, VALID AT:
   041800Z3 --- 20.5S7 52.0E7
   MAX SUSTAINED WINDS - 025 KT,GUSTS 035 KT
ISSIPATED AS A SIGNIWIICAL CYCLONE OVER WATER
REMARKS:
032100Z6 :09-8589, ,3-4 18.8S7 58.7E0.
TROPICAL CYCLONE 17S (CHIKITA) CONTINUES TO MOVE WESTWARD AT
19 KNOTS.
NIMATED INFRARED SATELLITE MAGERY INDICATES THIS
SYSTEM REMAINS SHEARED WITH DEEPNCONVECTION LOCAE
 EAST OF
THE LOW-LEVEL CIRNULATION CENTER.;5#3 -549,<3-5 28,$- 285# 5#8-
SYSTEM ARE LOCATED TO THE SOUTH DUE TO TRANSLATIONAL SPEED OF
MOVEMENT. THE WARNING POSITION AND INTENSITY ARE BASED ON
031730Z4 INFRARED SATELNTENSITY ESTIMATES OF 25 KNOTS.
TROPICAL CYCLONE 17S (CHIKITA) IS FORECAST TO MOVE GENERALLY
WEST-SOUTHWESTWARD UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF THE SUBTROPICAL RIDGE
TO THE SOUTH. THIS SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO STEADILY WEAKEN DUE TO
VERTICAL W HEAR AND D LQLOVER WATER BY 24 HOURS. MAXIMUM
SIGNIFICANT WAVE HEIGHT AT 031800Z2 IS 13 FEET. NEXT WARNINGS AT
040900Z3 (DTG 040751Z7).//

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