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.

During the off-season, TWUs are only issued when there are active tropical cyclones or a high chance (above 50%) of formation of one. During the season, especially during lulls (usually mid-March to mid-June/early July), the MSHPC may decide to reduce the frequency of TWU issuances to once a week.


0306/0330H SPECIAL TRACKING ADVISORY
OREAN, LIVERPOOL ENGLAND MSHPC HEADQUARTERS
MAR 6 2145 - 3:30 AM SPECIAL BULLETIN

ACTIVE TROPICAL CYCLONES...
THE MSHPC IS ISSUING ADVISORIES ON HURRICANE YURI... NOW LOCATED ABOUT 245
KM EAST-NORTHEAST OF SCHIMPOL, LOX LAND ISLAND... MOVING NORTHEAST AT ABOUT
7 KM/H... AND HAS ISSUED ITS LAST ADVISORY ON DISSIPATED ON TROPICAL DEPRESSION
ABADDON... STATIONARY ABOUT 990 KM SOUTHWEST OF PEARSON CLIFFS, POPULARFREEDOM.
MORE INFORMATION CAN BE OBTAINED FROM THE LATEST MSHPC ADVISORIES ON THESE
SYSTEMS.

SPECIAL BULLETIN...
TROPICAL DEPRESSION ABADDON HAS DISSIPATED.
THE LOW-PRESSURE SYSTEM ASSOCIATED WITH A TROPICAL WAVE EAST OF POPULARFREEDOM
HAS GAINED ENOUGH CONVECTION TO BE DESIGNATED A TROPICAL DEPRESSION... AND THE
MSHPC WILL ISSUE A SPECIAL ADVISORY AT 4 AM HPT TO REFLECT THIS.

OVERVIEW...
SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS LOCATED NORTHEAST OF SPAAMANIAN PLIJOUS HAVE BECOME
BETTER ORGANISED IN THE LAST 24 HOURS. WHILE UPPER-LEVEL WINDS ARE STILL
NOT FAVOURABLE FOR DEVELOPMENT AT THIS TIME... THEY ARE EXPECTED TO RELAX 
AND SOME DEVELOPMENT OF THIS SYSTEM IS POSSIBLE OVER THE NEXT 24-48 HOURS...
AND A TROPICAL DEPRESSION MAY FORM IN THE SHORT FUTURE. NEVERTHELESS... 
REGARDLESS OF WHETHER THIS SYSTEM BECOMES A TROPICAL CYCLONE... LOCALLY
HEAVY RAINS ARE LIKELY TO AFFECT SPAAMANIAN PLIJOUS OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS.

OTHERWISE...
NO TROPICAL CYCLONE FORMATION IS EXPECTED THROUGH MARCH 9.

NEXT TWU AT 9 AM HPT.

FORECASTER CALTS