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West Pacific Tropical Action 2011


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in other news, PAGASA has released the loop from their doppler station in Baler, Aurora (Eastern Luzon)... they noted it has a blind spot to the west because of Sierra Madre mountains...

first time seen by the public as their radars are not linked on their website...

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here is CWB radar (Taiwan) latest:

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http://www.cwb.gov.tw/eng/index.htm

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Songda will pass over or near Kasgoshima Prefecture in about 12-18 hours, likely as a 60-70 kt storm. There might be a hurricane gust or two in exposed areas, but mostly winds will remain below storm force. Heavy rain has been dumping over Japan and will continue through tomorrow.

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Wow-- yeah. I can't even make sense of that mess. :D

It seems like the last 5-10 frames the radar images are just a forecast of the current radar echo positions.

In any event, the system is quickly losing tropical characteristics as the upper level circulation becomes detached from the surface circulation due to the powerful upper level jet with in in excess of 70 knots near the circulation at this time.

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There's a mixed Rossby-gravity wave moving through the WPAC right now, but the MJO is mostly subsident. Should be enough to pop off convection, but nothing really jumps out at me as a candidate for genesis, despite the nice blob this morning.

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Looks like something will try to get going east of the Philippines late in the week. It's got weak model support and the upper levels won't be great, but the MT looks to be fairly active, so level support should be strong.

Still looking marginal. Even if something does form Thursday/Friday, I don't think it will be particularly strong.

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What's happening out around 170 may also be worth keeping an eye on (140 now has an invest on it also), having said that, both are equatorial.

PS: Bloody freezing in Cairns... 13C minimum twice this week!

Might be untrained eyes, but the area South of their Hong Kong area 'medium', between the Philippines and Viet Nam, looks better to me.

BTW, soft in Australia. Here in Houston, we've already reached 41ºC and it isn't even Summer and a Winter night can go to -5º. Less than 30º from the Equator, and nothing between us and Siberia but barbed wire fences.

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