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.


0306/1500H TRACKING ADVISORY
OREAN, LIVERPOOL ENGLAND MSHPC HEADQUARTERS
MAR 6 2145 - 3 PM BULLETIN

ACTIVE TROPICAL CYCLONES...
THE MSHPC IS ISSUING ADVISORIES ON HURRICANE YURI... NOW LOCATED ABOUT 515
KM EAST-NORTHEAST OF SCHIMPOL, LOX LAND ISLAND... AND ON TROPICAL DEPRESSION
EIGHT... LOCATED ABOUT 750 KM NORTHWEST OF SANKT RIURIK IN THE VARANGIAN
CONFEDERACY.

MORE INFORMATION CAN BE OBTAINED FROM THE LATEST MSHPC ADVISORIES ON THESE
SYSTEMS.

SPECIAL MSHPC RECON AIRCRAFT UPDATE...
LATEST REPORT
UN-NUMBERED SYSTEM
1451H PAX ADD FOUR HOURS FOR LOCAL TIME
0115D NAUTICAL MILES FROM CLOSEST CITY
051AL BEARING OF 051 DEG FROM CITY STARTING WITH LETTERS 'AL'
ALTHO FIRST FIVE LETTERS OF CITY NAME
00155 NO LLCC FOUND/SYSTEM MOVING ON BEARING OF 015/5KT
030SW LARGEST EXTENT OF 34-KT WINDS ARE 30 NM SOUTHWEST QUADRANT
MW040 MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS 40 KNOTS

OVERVIEW...
SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS LOCATED NORTHEAST OF SPAAMANIAN PLIJOUS HAVE CONTINUED
TO INCREASE IN CONVECTION. UPPER-LEVEL WINDS HAVE RELAXED A LITTLE... AND
DVORAK NUMBERS ARE RETURNING T1.5/1.5 FROM HDCW. HOWEVERE... RECON AIRCRAFT AT
1451H PAX TIME... 1851H LST... FOUND NO SIGNS OF A LOW-LEVEL CIRCULATION CENTRE.
NEVERTHELESS... WITH JUST A BIT MORE CONVECTION AND ENVIRONMENTAL HELP... A
TROPICAL STORM COULD FORM AT ANY TIME.  HOWEVER... REGARDLESS OF WHETHER THIS
SYSTEM BECOMES A TROPICAL CYCLONE... LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS ARE LIKELY TO AFFECT
SPAAMANIAN PLIJOUS OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS. THIS SYSTEM HAS BEEN DESIGNATED
89SE.INVEST.

THE BAZALONIAN GOVERNMENT IN ATLANTIAN OCEANIA HAS INDICATED A REQUEST FOR THE
MSHPC TO TRACK A SYSTEM DEVELOPING OFF THE BAZALONIAN COAST. REPORTS CAN BE
FOUND FROM THE MSHPC BAZALONIA TROPICAL CYCLONE ALERT.

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

NEXT TWU AT 9 PM HPT.

FORECASTER CALTS