TXNT26 KNES 160602
TCSNTL

A.  12L (JOSE)

B.  16/0545Z

C.  27.8N

D.  71.4W

E.  THREE/GOES-E

F.  T4.0/4.0/D0.5/24HRS

G.  IR/EIR/SWIR/GMI

H.  REMARKS...CONVENTIONAL SATELLITE IMAGERY SHOWS A RATHER TIGHT
GRADIENT IN CLOUD TOP TEMPERATURES ON THE WESTERN SIDE OF THE SYSTEM,
WHICH SUGGESTS THE IMPACT OF SHEAR. IN FACT, RECENT GMI DATA SHOWED
A DISPLACEMENT OF THE LL CENTER SW OF THE MID LEVEL CENTER. GMI DATA
ALSO SHOWED AN EYEWALL THAT WAS OPEN IN THE WEST. CENTER IS EMBEDDED
IN LG RESULTING IN A DT OF 4.5. MET IS 4.5 BASED ON 24 HOUR DEVELOPMENT
TREND BUT WAS ADJUSTED DOWN IN DERIVING THE PT GIVEN THE AFOREMENTIONED
EVIDENCE OF SHEAR. FT IS BASED ON PT DUE TO THE SENSITIVITY OF THE DT
ON THE PRECISE CENTER LOCATION.

I.  ADDL POSITIONS

    16/0346Z 27.5N 71.3W GMI


...TURK