Liverpool England MSHPC Tropical Weather Updates

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Tropical Weather Updates are 12-hourly outlook bulletins issued during cyclone season by the Liverpool England Meteorological Service Hurricane Prediction Centre that summarises tropical weather activity in The Heartland, and gives a short-term forecast of possible development of tropical cyclones. They are sometimes issued outside-of-season, at a rate of one every 24 hours, when there is (rare) tropical activity.


TWUTH HPCOR 031500
TROPICAL WEATHER UPDATE
LIVERPOOL ENGLAND MET SERVICE HURRICANE PREDICTION CENTRE
OREAN, LIVERPOOL ENGLAND MSHPC HEADQUARTERS
3 PM HPT BULLETIN MAY 3 2146

A TROPICAL DISTURBANCE 1005 HPA LOCATED IN THE GREAT METS SEA 
04N 26W MOVING NNE SLOWLY. RECONNAISSANCE PLANE FOUND A CLOSED
CIRCULATION. MICROWAVE AND VISIBLE SAT IMAGERY BOTH CONFIRM
PARTIALLY-EXPOSED CLOSED LLCC. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE
ESTIMATED AT 20 KT. DVORAK DATA-T'S ARE A MIX OF 1.0 FROM
HDCW AND AFLE... AND T1.5 FROM UHWF. BASED ON THE MSHPC'S
TROPICAL CYCLONE FORMATION WARNING GUIDELINES... THIS SYSTEM
RATES 32 POINTS. POTENTIAL FOR TROPICAL CYCLONE FORMATION 
IN THE NEXT 24 HOURS IS GOOD.

FORMATION OF A SIGNIFICANT TROPICAL CYCLONE IS POSSIBLE WITHIN
24 HOURS IN THE GENERAL AREA OF 4 DEG N LATITUDE 26 DEG W LONGITUDE.
SSTS ARE NEAR 29 DEG C. VERTICAL WIND SHEAR IS MODERATE... IN THE
REGION OF 10-15 KT. WEAK CONVECTION AROUND -50C STARTING TO BUILD
ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE SYSTEM. LLCC IS PARTIALLY EXPOSED TO WEST
OF CONVECTION. POTENTIAL OF TROPICAL CYCLONE FORMATION IN NEXT 24
HOURS IS GOOD. THIS FORMATION ALERT WILL BE UPGRADED TO A WARNING...
RENEWED... OR CANCELLED BY 1500 HPT MAY 4.

ANOTHER RECONNAISSANCE FLIGHT IS SCHEDULED FOR 9 PM HPT WITH ANOTHER
AT 2 AM HPT.

REFER TO LOCAL WEATHER WARNING OFFICES FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.

NEXT TWU ISSUANCE AT 0300 HPT MAY 4.

FORECASTER CALTS