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West Pacific Tropical Action 2011


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here's a CCTV footage, not sure how far the tornado touched down though (it should be within the area) but you can see a rapid increase in winds... the uploader also mentioned the winds came from different directions... a black out happened, he says, just before the strongest winds went by...

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what if there was no monsoon trough, do you think we could have had a TC by now...??

That's a tough question. Without the monsoon trough, where would the pre-existing disturbances come from? I doubt easterly waves would be able to make it all the way across from the Atlantic to the West Pac this early in the season.

I mean, we're ahead of climo right now in the basin. We've already had, what, 5 TCs and a Cat 5, so I don't think we're doing too bad.

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now up to 40kts by JTWC, 45kts by JMA

also a recent discussion from Guam

.DISCUSSION...

MODELS ARE IN BETTER AGGREEMENT TODAY ABOUT THE MONSOON TAIL OF TS

MA-ON BRINGING SCATTERED SHOWERS TO THE MARIANAS THU-FRI...AND

HAVE LEFT THAT FORECAST UNCHANGED. THE OUTSTANDING FEATURE OF

TODAY'S MODEL GUIDANCE IS THE LARGE FIELD OF STRONG WINDS THE GFS

PRODUCES IN ASSOCIATION WITH TS MA-ON...PRODUCING 30 KT SOUTHWEST

WINDS ACROSS THE MARIANAS THU NIGHT AND FRIDAY WITH THE CENTER OF

MA-ON NEARLY 700 MILES AWAY TO THE NORTH-NORTHWEST. THERE IS NO

OBVIOUS REASON TO EXPECT SUCH A DEVELOPMENT...SO FOR NOW HAVE USED

MORE REALISTIC ECMWF WINDS OUT TO DAY 5...WHICH RESULTS IN 20-25

KT WINDS FOR THURSDAY THRU FRIDAY. THIS SITUATION WILL BEAR CLOSE

WATCHING...AS BOTH THE GFS AND ECMWF ARE DRIVING THE CENTRAL SEA

LEVEL PRESSURE OF MA-ON DOWN MUCH FURTHER THAN THE MODELS NORMALLY

DO: 948 MB IN THE GFS SUNDAY NIGHT AND 914 MB IN THE ECMWF MONDAY

MORNING--THE LOWEST SLP I HAVE EVER SEEN IN A MODEL TYPHOON.

THUS...PERHAPS THERE MAY BE SOMETHING UNUSUAL ABOUT MA-ON THAT

WOULD RESULT IN AN EXPANDED MODEL WIND FIELD. DEFINITELY SOMETHING

TO KEEP AN EYE ON!

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