TXPQ25 KNES 160354
TCSWNP

A.  17W (PEIPAH)

B.  16/0230Z

C.  22.3N

D.  145.0E

E.  FIVE/HIMAWARI-8

F.  TOO WEAK

G.  IR/EIR/VIS

H.  REMARKS...THIS ESTIMATE WAS DERIVED USING 4 KM IR DATA. PEIPAH
IS CHARACTERIZED BY OBLONG AND LOOSELY DEFINED CLOUDLINES WITH A LLCC
RESIDING LESS THAN 1.25 DEGREES FROM A SMALL AREA OF DEEP CONVECTION. THIS
RESULTS IN A DT OF 1.0. THE MET IS LESS THAN 1 BASED ON A STEADY 24
HOUR TREND IN INTENSITY. THE PT AGREES WITH THE MET AND IS ALSO LESS
THAN 1.0. THE FT IS BASED ON THE MET DUE TO THE FLUCTUATING NATURE OF
ASSOCIATED CONVECTION AS THERE WAS NO CONVECTION AS OF 2200Z AND VERY
LITTLE CONVECTION AS OF 2330Z. THIS SYSTEM IS TOO WEAK TO CLASSIFY AS A
RESULT OF THE MET BEING LESS THAN ONE. IN ADDITION, THE LLCC HAS SHOWN
SIGNS OF DEGRADATION OVER THE HOUR OR TWO LEADING UP TO 0230Z. THIS WILL
BE THE FINAL ADVISORY UNLESS REGENERATION OCCURS.

I.  ADDL POSITIONS

    NIL


...HOSLEY