TXXS23 KNES 081049
TCSSIO

A.  TROPICAL DISTURBANCE (94S)

B.  08/0532Z

C.  9.0S

D.  101.8E

E.  THREE/MTSAT

F.  T1.0/1.0/D1.0/24HRS

G.  IR/EIR/VIS

H.  REMARKS...AN 0211Z ASCAT PASS SUGGESTS A CLOSED CIRCULATION. AT 0530Z
THERE WAS CONVECTIVE BANDING GT 0.2 BUT IT HAD NOT YET PERSISTED LONG
ENOUGH TO WARRANT INTIAL CLASSIFICATION. SYSTEM IS NOW BEING RETROACTIVELY
STARTED. DT OF 1.0 IS BASED ON GT 0.2 BANDING. MET AND PT AGREE. FT IS
BASED ON DT.

I.  ADDL POSITIONS

    NIL


...RAMIREZ