TXXS23 KNES 191917 TCSSIO CCB A. 12S (GIOVANNA) B. 19/1730Z C. 26.0S D. 51.8E E. THREE/MET-7 F. T4.0/5.0/W1.0/12HRS G. IR/EIR/AMSU/SSMI/SSMIS H. REMARKS...CORRECTED BASED ON 1646Z SSMIS PASS. SYSTEM HAS CLEAR WELL DEFINED EYE IN MICROWAVE...SO ADJUSTED TRACKING SLIGHTLY TOWARD EAST BUT DT IS NOW EMBEDDED IN DG FOR 4.0. MET IS 3.5. PT IS 3.5. FT IS 4.0 BASED ON DT BUT CI IS HELD AT 5.0 PER WEAKENING RULES. OLD REMARKS... MICROWAVE SUITE SHOWED STRONG CONVECTION ON OUTER BAND CURLING WELL INTO THE INNER CORE BUT THAT IS CLEARLY MIDLEVEL THERE ARE HINTS OF A SIGNIFICANT ELONGATION OF LLC INTO A TROF THAT EXTENDS BACK TOWARD THE WNW. ADDITIONALLY SINCE TIME OF THE PASSES...MUCH OF THE CONVECTION HAS WARMED CONSIDERABLY PARTICULARLY THE INNER CORE WHICH APPEARS HIGH DISORGANIZED WITH BREAKS OF WARMER TEMPS THROUGHOUT. AS SUCH BANDING OF .6 WAS MEASURED AS EMBEDDED CENTER WOULD BE UNREALISTIC... SO DT IS 3.0. MET IS 3.5. PT IS 3.0. CONSIDERING THE WEAKENING AND INCONSISTENCY DT IS REJECTED...FT IS BASED ON RW OR MET. CI IS LOWERED TO 4.5 PER WEAKENING WHERE CI CANNOT BE GREATER THAN 1. I. ADDL POSITIONS 19/1131Z 25.9S 49.9E AMSU 19/1238Z 25.8S 50.2E SSMI 19/1419Z 25.8S 51.0E SSMIS 19/1646Z 25.9S 51.9E SSMIS ...GALLINA