TXPS22 KNES 141217
TCSWSP

A.  TROPICAL DISTURBANCE (99P)

B.  14/1130Z

C.  14.7S

D.  174.5E

E.  FIVE/HIMAWARI-8

F.  T1.5/1.5/D1.0/24HRS

G.  IR/EIR/SWIR

H.  REMARKS...ALTHOUGH A 0945Z ASCAT PASS SUGGESTED A SMALL CLOSED
CIRCULATION EXISTED, MICROWAVE DATA WAS MORE AMBIGUOUS. SYSTEM IS
CHARACTERIZED BY SPIRAL, LOOSELY DEFINED CLOUD LINES AND A POORLY DEFINED
CIRCULATION CENTER ESTIMATED BY EXTRAPOLATION OF THE ASCAT POSITION TO BE
LESS THAN 1.25 DEGREES TO THE WEST OF A VERY SMALL COLD OVERCAST. THIS
YIELDS A DT OF 1.0 USING THE SHEAR PATTERN. MET AND PT ARE ALSO 1.0.
FT IS BASED ON CONSTRAINTS, WHICH PREVENT LOWERING THE FT AT NIGHT DURING
THE FIRST 24 HOURS OF DEVELOPMENT.

I.  ADDL POSITIONS

    NIL


...TURK