The link below will provide some more satellite imagery. Take a look at the IR Floater off the coast of Africa, does it look like convection is decreasing slightly?

http://www.cira.colostate.edu/ramm/rmsdsol/TROPICAL.html

by the way 2:05pm TWD, not saying much we didn't already know, just that strong rotation is noted and that tropical cyclone formation has not been known to occur this early in the hurricane season, this far east.