TXPQ26 KNES 212139
TCSWNP

A.  08W (MA-ON)

B.  21/2032Z

C.  29.3N

D.  142.1E

E.  THREE/MTSAT

F.  ST 2.5

G.  IR/EIR/VIS/AMSU

H.  REMARKS...1718Z AMSU DATA SHOWN ON CIMSS TROPICAL CYCLONE HOMEPAGE
SUGGESTS THE WARM CORE HAS BEEN DISRUPTED AT 100 MB WHILE PERSISTING
WEAKLY AT 200 MB. ASCAT DATA FROM 1105Z SHOWED THE STRONGEST WINDS TO THE
NORTH AND SOUTH OF THE CENTER OF CIRCULATION. THE CENTER OF CIRCULATION
IS UNDERNEATH A MID- TO UPPER-LEVEL TROUGH AS SEEN IN WATER VAPOR
IMAGERY. THE CLOUD SYSTEM HAS BECOME INTERTWINED WITH FRONTAL BOUNDARY
ALTHOUGH THE LOW-LEVEL CIRCULATION REMAINS DISTINCT. DT NUMBERS USING
BOTH SHEAR AND CURVED BAND WOULD BE LESS THAN 1.0. TAKEN TOGETHER SYSTEM
IS NOW CLASSIFIED AS SUBTROPICAL. FT IS BASED ON PT AND SUPPORTED BY 35
KT WINDS DEPICTED IN EARLIER ASCAT.

I.  ADDL POSITIONS

    21/1719Z 30.0N 142.0E AMSU


...GUILLOT