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