TXXS23 KNES 191917
TCSSIO
CCB

A.  12S (GIOVANNA)

B.  19/1730Z

C.  26.0S

D.  51.8E

E.  THREE/MET-7

F.  T4.0/5.0/W1.0/12HRS

G.  IR/EIR/AMSU/SSMI/SSMIS

H.  REMARKS...CORRECTED BASED ON 1646Z SSMIS PASS.  SYSTEM HAS CLEAR
WELL DEFINED EYE IN MICROWAVE...SO ADJUSTED TRACKING SLIGHTLY TOWARD
EAST BUT DT IS NOW EMBEDDED IN DG FOR 4.0. MET IS 3.5. PT IS 3.5. FT IS
4.0 BASED ON DT BUT CI IS HELD AT 5.0 PER WEAKENING RULES.

OLD REMARKS...
MICROWAVE SUITE SHOWED STRONG CONVECTION ON OUTER BAND CURLING WELL
INTO THE INNER CORE BUT THAT IS CLEARLY MIDLEVEL THERE ARE HINTS OF
A SIGNIFICANT ELONGATION OF LLC INTO A TROF THAT EXTENDS BACK TOWARD
THE WNW.  ADDITIONALLY SINCE TIME OF THE PASSES...MUCH OF THE CONVECTION
HAS WARMED CONSIDERABLY PARTICULARLY THE INNER CORE WHICH APPEARS HIGH
DISORGANIZED WITH BREAKS OF WARMER TEMPS THROUGHOUT.  AS SUCH BANDING
OF .6 WAS MEASURED AS EMBEDDED CENTER WOULD BE UNREALISTIC... SO DT IS
3.0. MET IS 3.5. PT IS 3.0. CONSIDERING THE WEAKENING AND INCONSISTENCY
DT IS REJECTED...FT IS BASED ON RW OR MET. CI IS LOWERED TO 4.5 PER
WEAKENING WHERE CI CANNOT BE GREATER THAN 1.

I.  ADDL POSITIONS

    19/1131Z 25.9S 49.9E AMSU
    19/1238Z 25.8S 50.2E SSMI
    19/1419Z 25.8S 51.0E SSMIS
    19/1646Z 25.9S 51.9E SSMIS


...GALLINA