Liverpool England MSHPC Tropical Weather Updates
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Before a depression is recognised, it is usually tagged an "INVEST" storm - an area of low pressure with the potential to strengthen into a cyclone. INVESTs are tracked by the MSHPC's satellite bureau in Kompa Ru or the Warning sub-bureau in Cyclonesville with advisories, called Tropical Weather Updates effective 2144 (formerly known as INVEST tracker), on potential systems every 6 hours.
0205/0255H TRACKING ADVISORY LLUNAR CITY, KOMPA RU SATELLITE BUREAU FEB 5 2145 - 3 AM HPT BULLETIN TROPICAL WEATHER IN THE HEARTLAND IS STILL VERY LIMITED TO THE ITCZ AND SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS OVERLAND, HOWEVER 01SW.INVEST... 1100 KM OR 690 MILES NORTH-NORTHWEST OF NORTH BOSTON, COKEKILA... HAS ORGANISED MORE, ALTHOUGH IT IS STILL VERY, VERY SUBTROPICAL. INFORMATION ON 01SW.INVEST AVAILABLE FROM YOUR LOCAL GOVERNMENT STATION IF IN AFFECTED AREAS. GALE-FORCE - TROPICAL STORM STRENGTH - SUSTAINED WINDS REPORTED. TRACKING AT 077 DEG/02 KTS, IT NO LONGER SEEMS THAT IT WILL BRUSH THE COAST OF ALC15 DASHAKE. STILL NOT ENOUGH TROPICAL CHARACTERISTICS TO DECLARE A SUBTROPICAL STORM, HOWEVER TROPICAL STORM WATCHES HAVE BEEN ISSUED BY THE CYCLONESVILLE WARNING SUB-BUREAU FOR THE ENTIRE SOUTHERN DASHAKE COAST AS WELL AS THE STABILITAS COAST FROM NORTH BOSTON EAST TO CHERRYTINE. ELSEWHERE... LITTLE TO NO TROPICAL WEATHER. THUNDERSTORMS OVERLAND AFFECTING MUCH OF SOUTHERN PRUDENTIA, NORTHERN RATIO, SOUTHEASTERN ALCEDONIA AND SOUTHWESTERN VENERATIO. NEXT TWU AT 9 AM HPT (PAX +02H). FORECASTER CALTS