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. Beginning February 7, 2145, the MSHPC has released its advisories in two of Liverpool England's three official languages – English and French, with the French translation originally provided by the Oliverrian government, and on Feburary 11, German advisories were also released, both new languages as test products. When the service was temporarily discontinued in February 2145, it was decided that French products would continue to be released, but not German ones, but in longer intervals. Rather than one advisory every six hours, which is the frequency of English releases, there would be only one advisory every 18 hours. When it was revealed that the French advisories were not reaching its target audience, the product was scrapped.


0303/0900H TRACKING ADVISORY
OREAN, LIVERPOOL ENGLAND MSHPC HEADQUARTERS
MAR 3 2145 - 9 AM HPT BULLETIN

SPECIAL TROPICAL DISTURBANCE NOTICE...
SYSTEM EAST OF SCHIMPOL, LIVERPOOL ENGLAND... MOVING EAST... HAS REGAINED MUCH
OF ITS THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY AND CONVECTION. LATEST DATA DOES NOT JUSTIFY THE
ISSUANCE OF TROPICAL CYCLONE ADVISORIES YET... HOWEVER... THIS SYSTEM COULD
BECOME A TROPICAL DEPRESSION OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS.

SPECIAL TROPICAL CYCLONE NOTICE...
SYSTEM WEST OF GRAYS HARBOR... 86NW.INVEST-85NE.INVEST... HAS GAINED A CLOSED
CIRCULATION... AND MEETS ALL DEFINITIONS OF A TROPICAL CYCLONE. AS SUCH... THIS
SYSTEM... WITH MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS OF 25 TO 30 KNOTS... IS NOW 04NW.NONAME
... BUT IT WILL LOSE THE NW TAG IF IT RE-ENTERS THE NORTHEASTERN DISTRICT... AS
EXPECTED. THIS SPECIAL NOTICE SUPERCEDES THE TROPICAL CYCLONE FORMATION ALERT
ISSUED AT 0300 TODAY.

ACTIVE TROPICAL CYCLONES...
THE MSHPC IS ISSUING FORECAST/ADVISORIES ON TROPICAL DEPRESSION FELICIA... LOCATED
ABOUT 1310 KM WEST OF CARSTAIRS, TORQUAY.

THE MSHPC IS ISSUING ADVISORIES ON TROPICAL DEPRESSION 04NW... LOCATED WEST OF THE
BORDER LINE SEPERATING THE NORTHWEST AND NORTHEAST HEARTLAND DISTRICTS. TROPICAL STORM
WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT FOR THE WHOLE PRUDENTIA COASTLINE FROM COPALIS, GRAYS HARBOR...
SOUTHWARDS TO KIRKENSTADT, INEPTIA... INCLUDING THE COASTAL CITIES OF COPALIS... LOST
VEGAS... DANNSTADT... AND KIRKENSTADT. TROPICAL STORM WATCHES ARE ALSO IN EFFECT FROM
KIRKENSTADT SOUTH TO PORT DU POIVRE, INEPTIA.

OVERVIEW...
TROPICAL DEPRESSION FELICIA LOCATED ABOUT 1310 KILOMETERS WEST OF CARSTAIRS, TORQUAY.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON TROPICAL DEPRESSION FELICIA CAN BE OBTAINED FROM THE
LATEST MSHPC FORECAST/ADVISORY ON THIS SYSTEM.

TROPICAL DEPRESSION FOUR LOCATED 150 KM WEST OF THE NW/NE DISTRICT SEA LINE. ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION ON TROPICAL DEPRESSION FOUR CAN BE OBTAINED FROM THE LATEST MSHPC
ADVISORY ON THIS SYSTEM.

THUNDERSTORMS IN A SMALL SWIRL OF CLOUDS IS LOCATED ABOUT 350 KM EAST OF SCHIMPOL,
LIVERPOOL ENGLAND HAVE RESURFACED... THIS SYSTEM... 84NE.INVEST... IS IN AN AREA
WHERE ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS WOULD SUPPORT FORMATION OF A SIGNIFICANT TROPICAL
CYCLONE. SUSTAINED WINDS ARE ESTIMATED AT 25 KT... WITH GUSTS TO 35 KT.
SEE ABOVE... SPECIAL TROPICAL DISTURBANCE NOTICE... AND BELOW... FOR MORE DETAILS.

TROPICAL CYCLONE WARNINGS AND WATCHES...
A TROPICAL CYCLONE FORMATION ALERT IS STILL EFFECTIVE FOR THE SYSTEM 84NE.INVEST...
LOCATED APPROXIMATELY 350 KM EAST OF SCHIMPOL, LIVERPOOL ENGLAND. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS ARE ESTIMATED TO BE 25 KT... AND MINIMUM SEA-LEVEL PRESSURE 1002 HPA. THE
POTENTIAL FOR FORMATION OF A SIGNIFICANT TROPICAL CYCLONE 100 KM EITHER SIDE OF A LINE
FROM THE LIVERPOOL ENGLAND MARINE/NAVAL BASE IN THE SOUTHEAST REGION TO THE BORLEAI
DEFENSE POST... OVER THE NEXT 12-24 HOURS... IS UPGRADED TO VERY GOOD. TROPICAL STORM
WATCHES ARE IN EFFECT FOR LOX LAND ISLAND AND THE SOUTHERN GULP MOUNTAIN PENINSULA...
AS WELL AS THE COAST OF POPULARFREEDOM FROM LOYALTY BAY NORTH TO PEARSON CLIFFS.
TROPICAL STORM WATCHES MEAN THAT CONDITIONS GENERRALLY EXPECTED IN/OF A TROPICAL STORM
ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNING AREA IN 24-36 HOURS.

THE TROPICAL CYCLONE FORMATION ALERT ISSUED FOR THE SYSTEM 86NW/85NE.INVEST AT 0300
TODAY... HAS BEEN SUPERCEDED BY TROPICAL DEPRESSION FOUR ADVISORY 001. 
 
OTHERWISE... 
NO TROPICAL CYCLONE FORMATION IS EXPECTED THROUGH MARCH 6.

NEXT TWU AT 9 AM HPT (PAX +02H)

FORECASTER RINDLI/JOHNSON/GUNTHER