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TROPICAL STORM PALI DISCUSSION NUMBER 15
NWS CENTRAL PACIFIC HURRICANE CENTER HONOLULU HI CP012016
500 PM HST SUN JAN 10 2016
OVER THE PAST SIX HOURS...THE COLD TOPS OVER PALI HAVE SHIFTED OFF
TO THE EAST...BUT THE CURVED BAND HAS WRAPPED FARTHER AROUND THE
CENTER. MICROWAVE PASSES AT 10/2331 UTC AND 11/0149Z APPEAR TO SHOW
A PARTIAL EYEWALL ON THE SOUTHEAST SIDE OF THE SYSTEM.
SUBJECTIVE DVORAK ANALYSES WERE 3.0/45 KT FROM PHFO AND SAB AND
2.0/30 KT FROM JTWC. BASED ON THE RECENT MICROWAVE PASSES I HAVE
INCREASED THE INITIAL INTENSITY TO 50 KT.
ANIMATION OF INFRARED IMAGERY AND EXTRAPOLATION OF MICROWAVE
POSITIONS SHOW PALI MOVING VERY SLOWLY. PALI REMAINS IN AN EAST
NORTHEAST TO WEST SOUTHWEST TROUGH BETWEEN THE SUBTROPICAL RIDGE TO
THE NORTH AND WESTERLY FLOW NEAR THE EQUATOR. TROPICAL CYCLONES
WITHIN TROUGHS LIKE THIS...WHICH IS MUCH LIKE A MONSOON
TROUGH...OFTEN MAKE SLOW LOOPS WITHIN THE TROUGH...AND PALI SEEMS TO
BE DOING THAT. THE RELIABLE TRACK GUIDANCE REMAINS IN FAIRLY GOOD
AGREEMENT SHOWING THE TROPICAL STORM CONTINUING TO MOVE EAST SLOWLY
OVER THE NEXT 24 HOURS...THEN CURVING TOWARD THE SOUTH THROUGH 48
HOURS. AFTER THAT...THE CYCLONE IS FORECAST TO MOVE TOWARD THE
SOUTHWEST...WITH A SLIGHT INCREASE IN FORWARD SPEED. THE NEW
OFFICIAL FORECAST TRACK HAS CHANGED LITTLE SINCE THE PREVIOUS TRACK
AND REMAINS CLOSE TO THE LATEST RELIABLE TRACK GUIDANCE.
CONFIDENCE REMAINS LOW IN THE INTENSITY FORECAST. MODEL GUIDANCE
CONTINUES TO SHOW WARM SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURES AND RATHER LOW SHEAR
ALONG THE TRACK. HOWEVER...THE CHANGING CLOUD PATTERN APPEARS TO
SHOW FAIRLY SIGNIFICANT WESTERLY SHEAR. ALSO...IT SEEMS DOUBTFUL
THAT PALI WOULD REMAIN A STRONG SYSTEM AS IT MOVES INTO VERY LOW
LATITUDES. THE NEW INTENSITY FORECAST HAS BEEN BOOSTED A BIT SINCE
THE PREVIOUS FORECAST AND MAINTAINS PALI AS A TROPICAL STORM THROUGH
96 HOURS...THEN WEAKENS IT TO A DEPRESSION AS IT MOVES CLOSE TO THE
EQUATOR.
FORECAST POSITIONS AND MAX WINDS
INIT 11/0300Z 7.5N 174.0W 50 KT 60 MPH
12H 11/1200Z 7.9N 173.8W 50 KT 60 MPH
24H 12/0000Z 8.0N 173.0W 50 KT 60 MPH
36H 12/1200Z 7.5N 172.5W 40 KT 45 MPH
48H 13/0000Z 6.5N 172.3W 40 KT 45 MPH
72H 14/0000Z 4.5N 172.5W 35 KT 40 MPH
96H 15/0000Z 3.0N 173.5W 35 KT 40 MPH
120H 16/0000Z 2.0N 175.0W 30 KT 35 MPH
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FORECASTER DONALDSON
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