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WTNT21 KNGU 022300 SUBJ/TROPICAL CYCLONE FORMATION ALERT 022300Z AUG 04// RMKS/ 1. FORMATION OF A SIGNIFICANT TROPICAL CYCLONE IS POSSIBLE WITHIN 200 NM EITHER SIDE OF A LINE FROM 12.1N4 48.0W2 TO 15.0N6 55.0W0 WITHIN THE NEXT 12 TO 24 HOURS. AVAILABLE DATA DOES NOT JUSTIFY ISSUANCE OF NUMBERED TROPICAL CYCLONE WARNINGS AT THIS TIME. WINDS IN THE AREA ARE ESTIMATED TO BE 25 TO 30 KNOTS. METSAT IMĀ AGERY AT 021800Z1 INDICATES THAT A CIRCULATION CENTER IS LOCATED NEAR 12.0N3 48.0W2. THE SYSTEM IS MOVING WEST-NORTHWESTWARD AT 17 KNOTS. 2. REMARKS: UPPER LEVEL ANTICYCLONIC FLOW IS LOCATED ABOVE THIS TROPICAL WAVE 3. THIS ALERT WILL BE REISSUED, UPGRADED TO WARNING OR CANCELLED BY 032300Z8.// http://www.nrlmry.navy.mil/atcf_web/atcfwb/index1.html |