Tongán már 21 UTC-kor beadták a 120 km/h-t nevet

"TROPICAL CYCLONE ADVISORY NUMBER NINETEEN (19) FOR TONGA ON TROPICAL CYCLONE
IAN ISSUED FROM THE FUAAMOTU TROPICAL CYCLONE WARNING CENTRE AT 10:00AM
THURSDAY JANUARY 9TH 2014.

A TROPICAL CYCLONE WARNING ...


...TROPICAL CYCLONE IAN CATEGORY 2 WAS LOCATED NEAR 16 DECIMAL 6 SOUTH 176 DECIMAL
8 WEST OR ABOUT 170KM SOUTHWEST OF NIUAFOOU OR ABOUT 375KM NORTHWEST OF VAVAU
AT 7:00AM THIS MORNING.TROPICAL CYCLONE IAN HAS ESTIMATED WINDS OF 65KTS NEAR ITS CENTRE WITH MOMENTARY GUSTS UP TO 80KTS.THE CYCLONE CONTINUES TO INTENSIFY
AND IS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 3KTS BUT IS EXPECTED MOVE SOUTHEAST IN THE NEXT 6 TO
12HOURS."

A JTWC egyelõre kivár a ciklonná (C1) kinevezéssel, de már õk is 110 km/h-t adnak. Egyre jobban tisztul az ég a szemfalon belül is

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Mindeközben a JTWC kiadta a figyelmeztetést a Kókusz(Keeling)-szigetek melletti területre (Indiai-óceán). 12-24 órán belül trópusi depresszió kialakulása valószínûsíthetõ.

"WTXS21 PGTW 082200
MSGID/GENADMIN/JOINT TYPHOON WRNCEN PEARL HARBOR HI//
SUBJ/TROPICAL CYCLONE FORMATION ALERT//
RMKS/

...

A 081731Z TRMM 85 GHZ MICROWAVE IMAGE REVEALS A DEFINED LLCC
WITH DEEP CONVECTIVE BANDING WRAPPING INTO THE CENTER. A 081455Z
ASCAT IMAGE DEPICTS A WELL-DEFINED CIRCULATION WITH 25 TO 30 KNOT
WINDS OVER THE SOUTHERN SEMI-CIRCLE.

...

THE POTENTIAL FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF A SIGNIFICANT TROPICAL CYCLONE
WITHIN THE NEXT 24 HOURS IS HIGH."