TXPQ27 KNES 230942
TCSWNP

A.  09W (KULAP)

B.  23/0830Z

C.  31.6N

D.  165.7E

E.  THREE/HIMAWARI-8

F.  T2.5/2.5/D1.0/24HRS

G.  IR/EIR/SWIR/SSMI/SSMIS

H.  REMARKS...MOST RECENT DATA FROM THE UW-CIMSS AMSU HOMEPAGE INDICATED
THAT A WARM CORE WAS PRESENT AT 200MB. CONVENTIONAL SATELLITE IMAGERY
SHOWS THAT CONVECTION HAS DEVELOPED NEAR OR OVER THE CENTER AND HAS
PERSISTED FOR 12 HOURS. ON THIS BASIS, DVORAK CLASSIFICATIONS ARE
RESUMED. AS A RESULT OF NORTHWESTERLY SHEAR THE CENTER IS LOCATED ON NW
EDGE OF THE CONVECTION, WHICH RESULTS IN A DT OF 3.0 USING THE SHEAR
PATTERN. MET AND PT ARE 2.5. FT IS BASED ON MET DUE TO UNCERTAINTY IN
THE PRECISE CENTER LOCATION.

I.  ADDL POSITIONS

    23/0333Z 30.9N 166.9E SSMI
    23/0637Z 31.4N 166.0E SSMIS


...TURK