TXXS23 KNES 241217
TCSSIO

A.  17P (GILLIAN)

B.  24/1132Z

C.  17.5S

D.  103.5E

E.  FIVE/MTSAT

F.  T5.0/6.0/W2.0/18HRS

G.  IR/EIR/SWIR/VIS/AMSU/SSMI

H.  REMARKS...0815Z SSMI PASS SHOWED THE EYE FEATURE IN 89GHZ WAS
DISPLACED FROM THE LOWER LEVEL CENTER USING 37GHZ... INDICATIVE OF THE
SHEARING THAT IS TAKING PLACE.  SHEAR METHOD WOULD ONLY YIELD 3.5 FOR DT
WHICH IS WELL TOO LOW AND OVERALL APPEARANCE OF CONVECTIVE AREAS HAVE
LIMITED SMOOTH TEMPERATURE GRADIENTS ALONG WITH A VERY LOW CONFIDENCE
IN LLC LOCATION REJECTS THE USE OF EMBEDDED CENTER.  AS SUCH SYSTEM IS
CHARACTERIZED BY A CENTRAL COLD COVER (CCC) WHICH DOES NOT ALLOW FOR A
DT. RAPID WEAKENING TREND YIELDS MET OF 5.0.  PT IS ALSO 5.0. FT IS 5.0
BASED ON MET. CI IS HELD AT 6.0 PER WEAKENING RULES.

I.  ADDL POSITIONS

    24/0638Z 17.0S 103.4E AMSU
    24/0815Z 17.4S 103.6E SSMI
    24/0816Z 17.2S 103.4E SSMI


...GALLINA