TXXS27 KNES 290545
TCSSIO

A.  TROPICAL DISTURBANCE (99S)

B.  29/0530Z

C.  10.0S

D.  52.6E

E.  THREE/MET-7

F.  T2.0/2.0/D0.5/24HRS

G.  IR/EIR/VIS/AMSU/SSMIS

H.  REMARKS...SMALL CDO FEATURE HAS BEEN ERODING ON PERIPHERY MAKING
IT IRREGULAR IN SHAPE IN THE LAST FEW IMAGES...BUT SIZE IS ABOUT 1.05
DEGREES MAKING CF 2.0...A 1 DEGREE WIDE BAND THAT WRAPS 1/4 AROUND CIRC
TO THE WEST IS ENOUGH TO ADD .5 FOR BF FOR A DT OF 2.5...THIS APPEARS A
BIT STRONG GIVEN THE INCONSISTENCY OF THE CDO AND SOME QUESTION OF THE
ELONGATION OF THE LLC FROM NW TO SE. THE MET IS 1.5 FOR STEADY TREND
FROM YESTERDAY...YET DT WAS MUCH HIGHER THAN FT YESTERDAY SO MET IS NOT
RELIABLE AND IS LIKEWISE REJECTED. PT IS 2.0 AND IS A NICE COMPROMISE
AS CENTRAL FEATURE IS PERSISTENT EVEN IF CYCLING OF DEEPEST CONVECTION
AND SO FT IS 2.0 BASED ON PT. THINKING INTENSITY IS ON HIGHER SIDE OF
2.0 CLOSING IN ON 2.5.

I.  ADDL POSITIONS

    28/2341Z 9.9S 52.5E AMSU
    29/0125Z 9.9S 52.4E SSMIS
    29/0227Z 10.0S 52.4E SSMIS


...GALLINA