TXPQ29 KNES 070908
TCSWNP

A.  24W (24W)

B.  07/0830Z

C.  16.0N

D.  109.7E

E.  FIVE/MTSAT

F.  T1.5/1.5/D1.0/24HRS

G.  IR/EIR/VIS/AMSU

H.  REMARKS...24W SITS AT THE SW TAIL OF FRONTAL BOUNDARY...A VERY BROAD
CYCLONIC FLOW EXISTS BUT TRACKING THE EXACT LLC FEATURE REMAINS INCREDIBLY
DIFFICULT...CENTER IS BASED ON MIDLEVEL CLOUD CENTER BETWEEN BANDING
FEATURE ON WESTERN SIDE OVER VIETNAM AND LARGE CDO BURST ON EASTERN SIDE
RAPIDLY MOVING NORTH...IT IS VERY POSSIBLE A SMALL LLC EXISTS NEAR/UNDER
THE MIDLEVEL SWIRL BUT NO DATA IS AVAILABLE TO CONFIRM.... VIS LOOP DOES
CLEARLY SHOW A LLC IN THE CLEARING TO THE SOUTH NEAR 14N110.5E. MAKING
CONFIDENCE IN NORTHERN LLC SHAKY AT BEST.

DT IS ALSO DIFFICULT TO DETERMINE DUE TO LARGE CDO FEATURE THAT HAS
NOT BEEN PERSISTENT FOR OVER 6HRS... IT WOULD YIELD UNREALISTIC DT OF
3.0...MEASUREMENT OF BANDING FEATURE DESCRIBED ABOVE WOULD BE LIMITED
TO .3 OR .4 FOR DT OF 2.0/2.5.  THE UNCLEAR NATURE OF DT...LEADS TO FT
IS BASED ON MET WHICH IS 1.5.

I.  ADDL POSITIONS

    07/0700Z 15.2N 110.1E AMSU


...GALLINA