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  TCIA5 WHCO 190605
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  TCAD5 WHCO 190945
  TROPICAL STORM KANTA INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY 5A
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  TROPICAL STORM KANTA ADVISORY 6
 
  HEARTLAND HURRICANE PREDICTION CENTRE OREAN
 
  HEARTLAND HURRICANE PREDICTION CENTRE OREAN
  6 AM HPT JUNE 19 2146
+
  9 AM HPT JUNE 19 2146
 
   
 
   
  ...KANTA HAS NOT STRENGTHENED MUCH AS IT PARALLELS THE INEPTIAN
+
  ...KANTA STRENGTHENS AS IT STARTS TO MOVE AWAY FROM INEPTIAN COAST...
COAST...
+
 
   
 
   
  AT 6 AM...A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM BERLITZ
+
  AT 9 AM HPT...THE TROPICAL STORM WARNING FOR LA PLAGE PROVINCE IS
EASTWARDS TO THE LA PLAGE COAST AT 6 DEG E. A TROPICAL STORM WARNING
+
  DISCONTINUED.
  MEANS THAT TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS ARE LIKELY IN THE WARNING AREA
+
WITHIN 24 HOURS...OR ARE ALREADY OCCURRING.
+
 
   
 
   
  AT 6 AM HPT THE CENTRE OF TROPICAL STORM KANTA WAS LOCATED NEAR
+
  A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM BERLITZ EASTWARDS TO
  LATITUDE 5.8 NORTH LONGITUDE 4.7 EAST...ABOUT 130 KM OR 80 MILES
+
THE LA PLAGE PROVINCIAL BORDER. A TROPICAL STORM WARNING MEANS THAT
SOUTH-SOUTHWEST OF THE LA PLAGE/CÔTE D'ARGENT BORDER.
+
  TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS ARE LIKELY IN THE WARNING AREA WITHIN 24
 +
HOURS...OR ARE ALREADY OCCURRING.
 
   
 
   
  TROPICAL STORM KANTA IS MOVING TO THE NORTHWEST AT ABOUT 22 KM/H...
+
  ON THIS FORECAST TRACK...THE WARNING COULD BE DISCONTINUED LATER TODAY.
14 MPH. A SLIGHT INCREASE IN FORWARD SPEED IS EXPECTED IN THE NEXT
+
24 HOURS.  
+
 
   
 
   
  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 65 KM/H...40 MPH...WITH HIGHER GUSTS.
+
  THE RECONNAISSANCE AIRCRAFT CURRENTLY INVESTIGATING KANTA HAS FOUND
  THE TROPICAL STORM IS EXPECTED TO MAINTAIN A SIMILAR INTENSITY THROUGH
+
A RELATIVELY STRONGER TROPICAL STORM THAN EXPECTED. MAXIMUM FLIGHT
  THE NEXT 12 HOURS...WITH A SMALL CHANCE FOR SOME MINOR STRENGTHENING
+
LEVEL WINDS WERE 56 KNOTS...IGNORING ONE 61 KT QUESTIONABLE REPORT...
  LATER THIS MORNING.
+
  WHILE A SONDE OB CAME BACK AT 44 KNOTS. SO...INITIAL INTENSITY IS
 +
  UPPED TO 45 KNOTS...RATHER EARLIER THAN EXPECTED. THE AIRPLANE ALSO
 +
FOUND THAT THE WIND RADIUS OF 34 KNOT WINDS WAS RATHER LARGE...WHICH
 +
WAS A SURPRISE...GIVEN THE APPARENT SIZE OF THE STORM ON SATELLITE.
 +
  THEREFORE WIND RADII HAVE ALSO BEEN ADJUSTED FOR THIS ADVISORY.
 +
A SLIGHT WESTWARD JOG HAS ALSO BECOME APPARENT...AND INITIAL MOTION
 +
IS NOW A SOMEWHAT UNCERTAIN 295/15.
 
   
 
   
  TROPICAL STORM-FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 170 KM...105 MILES FROM
+
  AT 9 AM HPT THE CENTRE OF TROPICAL STORM KANTA WAS REPORTED BY
  THE CENTRE.
+
THE RECONNAISSANCE AIRCRAFT TO BE NEAR LATITUDE 6.0 NORTH LONGITUDE
 +
4.4 EAST...ABOUT 210 KM OR 130 MILES WEST-SOUTHWEST OF THE PROVINCIAL
 +
  BORDER AT LA PLAGE/CÔTE D'ARGENT.
 
   
 
   
  THE LATEST MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE REPORTED BY A RECONNAISSANCE AIRCRAFT
+
  TROPICAL STORM KANTA IS MOVING TO THE WEST-NORTHWEST AT ABOUT 27 KM/H...
  IS 995 HPA...29.38 INCHES OF MERCURY.
+
  17 MPH. A SLIGHT INCREASE IN FORWARD SPEED IS EXPECTED IN THE NEXT
 +
24 HOURS...WITH A POSSIBLE SLIGHT WESTWARD JOG.
 
   
 
   
  AREAS NEAR THE COAST IN WESTERN LA PLAGE AND EASTERN CÔTE D'ARGENT
+
  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 85 KM/H...50 MPH...WITH HIGHER GUSTS.
  PROVINCES OF INEPTIA MAY SEE ONE TO TWO INCHES OF RAINFALL OVER THE NEXT
+
  OVER THE NEXT 24 HOURS...A WINDOW OF OPPORTUNITY FOR RAPID STRENGTHENING
24 HOURS. ST. DENIS REPORTED A TOTAL OF 60 MM OF RAIN IN THE LAST 24 HOURS.
+
EXISTS.
 
   
 
   
  NOTE...A RECONNAISSANCE AIRCRAFT WHICH ENTERED THE STORM ABOUT AN HOUR
+
  THE SCATTEROMETER PASS FROM NINE HOURS AGO HAS BEEN PROVED RIGHT AS THE
AGO IS STILL IN THE STORM AND INVESTIGATING IT. MAXIMUM FLIGHT LEVEL WINDS
+
  RECONNAISSANCE AIRCRAFT HAS FOUND A SLIGHTLY LARGER WIND FIELD. TROPICAL
  SO FAR ARE IN THE MID- TO HIGH- 40S /KNOTS/ RANGE. THE PLANE REPORTED
+
  STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 195 KM...120 MILES...FROM THE
  SURFACE WINDS OF 37 KNOTS OVER LAND NEAR THE LA PLAGE/CÔTE D'ARGENT
+
  CENTRE.
PROVINCIAL BORDER...AND A MINIMUM PRESSURE OF ABOUT 1001 HPA. SINCE THEN
+
THE PRESSURES HAVE STARTED TO FALL...WITH THE LATEST REPORT OF 995 HPA.
+
  BY THE NEXT FULL ADVISORY PACKAGE...WE SHOULD HAVE A BETTER IDEA OF
+
THE STORM'S STRUCTURE AND ITS INTENSITY.
+
 
   
 
   
  REPEATING THE 6 AM HPT POSITION...NEAR 5.8 N 4.7 E. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
+
  THE LOWEST CENTRAL PRESSURE RECENTLY REPORTED BY THE RECONNAISSANCE PLANE
  WINDS NEAR 65 KM/H...MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE 995 HPA. KANTA IS MOVING
+
  WAS 993 HPA...29.32 INCHES OF MERCURY.
NORTHWESTWARD AT 22 KM/H.
+
 
   
 
   
  THE HEARTLAND HURRICANE PREDICTION CENTRE WILL ISSUE THE NEXT ADVISORY
+
  AREAS NEAR THE COAST IN WESTERN LA PLAGE AND EASTERN CÔTE D'ARGENT
  BY 0935 HPT.
+
PROVINCES OF INEPTIA MAY SEE ONE TO TWO INCHES OF RAINFALL OVER THE NEXT
 +
  24 HOURS. ST. DENIS REPORTED ABOUT 60 MM...2.4 INCHES OF RAIN IN THE LAST
 +
24 HOURS.
 
   
 
   
  FORECASTER RINDLI
+
  SINCE THE STORM HAS APPARENTLY GAINED QUITE A BIT OF STRENGTH IT IS TIME
 
+
TO LOOK AT THE FORECAST...ESPECIALLY IN THE SHORT-TERM. SOME FURTHER
----
+
  RAPID STRENGTHENING COULD TAKE PLACE IN THE NEXT 24 HOURS OR SO...WHICH
  TCAD5 WHCO 190320
+
  WOULD COMPLICATE THE TRACK FORECAST FURTHER. I HAVE ADJUSTED THE PREVIOUS
  TROPICAL STORM KANTA ADVISORY 5
+
  FORECAST TO THE LEFT/SOUTHWEST OF THE OLD ONE...AND FURTHER STRENGTHENING
  HEARTLAND HURRICANE PREDICTION CENTRE OREAN
+
COULD MEAN THE STORM BREAKING FROM THE LOW-LEVEL FLOW AND MOVING ON A MORE
  3 AM HPT JUNE 19 2146
+
  WESTERLY TRACK.
 
   
 
   
  ...KANTA CONTINUES TO AFFECT SOUTHWEST INEPTIA...
+
  AS THE RIDGE ACROSS CENTRAL PRUDENTIA BREAKS...NO CHANGE IN THE MIDDLE
 +
TERM AND THE STORM WILL START TO TRACK NORTHWARD. A TUTT IS THEN FORECAST
 +
BY ALL MODELS TO DEVELOP...AND STRENGTHEN...WHICH SHOULD CUT OFF OUTFLOW
 +
AND WEAKEN THE STORM CONSIDERABLY. INTERESTINGLY...SOME OF THESE MODELS
 +
SHOW ENOUGH OF A LACK OF STEERING CURRENTS BY THEN...FOR KANTA TO EXECUTE
 +
A SLOW 360-DEGREE LOOP. IT WILL BE WATCHED FOR IN FUTURE MODEL RUNS. FOR
 +
NOW...IN THE OUTLOOK...WILL SHIFT WEAKENING STORM TOWARDS THE GRAYS HARBOR
 +
COAST.
 
   
 
   
  A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE COAST OF INEPTIA
+
  INTENSITY WISE... WILL KEEP TROPICAL STORM STRENGTH IN SHORT RUN...WITH
FOR CÔTE D'ARGENT EAST OF 4 DEG E AND FOR LA PLAGE WEST OF 6 DEG E.
+
  STRENGTHENING TO A SEVERE TROPICAL STORM THROUGH 48 OR 72 HOURS. I DO NOT
A TROPICAL STORM WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR CÔTE D'ARGENT FROM
+
  HAVE MUCH CONFIDENCE THAT THE STORM WILL STRENGTHEN ENOUGH TO BECOME A
BERLITZ SOUTHWARDS TO THE COAST ALONG 4 DEG E.
+
  HURRICANE...BUT FUTURE FORECASTS MAY BE CLEARER. WEAKENING IS SHOWN PAST
+
  72 HOURS...THIS PORTION OF THE FORECAST WILL BE HIGHLY DEPENDENT ON THE
AT THE INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY WE LOWERED THE INTENSITY OF KANTA TO
+
  EVENTUAL STRENGTH OF THE TROPICAL UPPER TROPOSPHERIC TROUGH.
35 KNOTS BASED ON GROUND REPORTS AS WELL AS SATELLITE INTENSITY
+
ESIMTATES...WHICH DECREASED LATE YESTERDAY AND INTO THIS MORNING.
+
SINCE THE INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY...THE SATELLITE APPEARANCE OF THE
+
STORM HAS NOT CHANGED MUCH. A REPORT FROM THE LA PLAGE COAST
+
WHICH RECENTLY CAME IN INDICATED A GUST TO ABOUT 43 KNOTS...SO IT
+
  APPEARS THAT HOLDING THE INITIAL INTENSITY AT 35 KNOTS...PENDING AN
+
AFLE RECONNAISSANCE FLIGHT INTO THE STORM LATER THIS MORNING...IS
+
THE BEST CHOICE. THE RECONNAISSANCE FIX IS IN ABOUT TWO HOURS.
+
  INITIAL MOTION HAS INCREASED SLIGHTLY...AND NOW THE ESTIMATE IS
+
290/12.
+
+
AT 3 AM HPT...THE CENTRE OF TROPICAL STORM KANTA WAS LOCATED NEAR
+
LATITUDE 5.7 NORTH LONGITUDE 4.9 EAST...ABOUT 145 KM...90 MI SOUTH
+
OF THE LA PLAGE/CÔTE D'ARGENT BORDER.
+
+
TROPICAL STORM KANTA IS MOVING TO THE NORTHWEST AT ABOUT 22 KM/H...
+
14 MPH. A SLIGHT INCREASE IN FORWARD SPEED IS EXPECTED IN THE NEXT
+
  24 HOURS. NO SIGNIFICANT DEVIATION FROM THIS FORECAST TRACK IS
+
LIKELY.
+
+
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 65 KM/H...40 MPH...WITH HIGHER GUSTS.
+
THE TROPICAL STORM IS EXPECTED TO MAINTAIN A SIMILAR INTENSITY THROUGH
+
  THE NEXT 12 HOURS...WITH A SMALL CHANCE FOR SOME MINOR STRENGTHENING
+
LATER THIS MORNING. AS THE STORM MOVES AWAY FROM THE COAST OF INEPTIA...
+
THERE IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR RAPID STRENGTHENING.
+
+
BASED ON THE LATEST SCATTEROMETER DATA...THE PASS MADE SHORTLY AFTER
+
THE INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY...AS WELL AS THE GROUND OBSERVATION WE RECEIVED
+
FROM LA PLAGE...THE WIND RADII HAVE BEEN ADJUSTED OUTWARD SLIGHTLY.
+
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS ARE CURRENTLY BEING FELT ACROSS THE COAST...
+
AND THEY EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 170 KM...105 MILES FROM THE CENTRE.
+
+
THE MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS ESTIMATED TO BE 995 HPA...29.38
+
INCHES OF MERCURY.
+
+
AREAS NEAR THE COAST IN WESTERN LA PLAGE AND EASTERN CÔTE D'ARGENT
+
  PROVINCES OF INEPTIA MAY SEE ONE TO TWO INCHES OF RAINFALL OVER THE NEXT
+
24 HOURS.
+
 
   
 
   
  THERE IS NO REASON FOR ME TO MAKE ANY ADJUSTMENTS TO THE FORECAST FROM
+
  IF THE CURRENT MORE WESTWARD MOVEMENT CONTINUES...ALL TROPICAL STORM
LAST TIME. THERE HAVE BEEN NO MAJOR CHANGES TO THE ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS...
+
  WARNINGS COULD BE DISCONTINUED BY TONIGHT.
BUT IF KANTA STARTS TO WEAKEN UNEXPECTEDLY...OR VICE-VERSA AND UNDERGOES
+
RAPID INTENSIFICATION...THERE WOULD PROBABLY BE A SIGNIFICANT SHIFT IN
+
THE REASONING. INTENSITY WISE...ALMOST ALL THE MODELS UNANIMOUSLY NOW
+
  STRENGTHEN A TUTT THAT IS FORECAST TO DEVELOP OFF THE WESTERN COAST OF
+
CENTRAL PRUDENTIA. THEREFORE...A HURRICANE IS NO LONGER EXPECTED...AND
+
A RATHER QUICKER WEAKENING THAN LAST ADVISORY IS SHOWN IN THIS FORECAST.
+
 
   
 
   
 
  OFFICIAL FORECAST...ALL TIMES HPT
 
  OFFICIAL FORECAST...ALL TIMES HPT
  INITIAL TIME...19/0300H
+
  INITIAL TIME...19/0900H
   INITIAL... 05.7 N 04.9 E... 35 KT <!-- 19/0900H... 06.0 N 04.5 E... 40 KT -->
+
   INITIAL... 06.0 N 04.4 E... 45 KT <!-- 19/1500H... 06.2 N 03.9 E... 45 KT -->
  19/1500H... 06.3 N 04.0 E... 40 KT <!-- 19/2100H... 06.5 N 03.5 E... 40 KT -->
+
  19/2100H... 06.4 N 03.3 E... 45 KT <!-- 20/0300H... 06.8 N 02.7 E... 45 KT -->
20/0300H... 06.9 N 02.9 E... 45 KT <!-- 20/0900H... 07.2 N 02.3 E... 45 KT -->
+
20/0900H... 07.1 N 02.1 E... 45 KT <!-- 20/1500H... 07.7 N 01.6 E... 50 KT -->
20/1500H... 07.7 N 01.8 E... 50 KT <!-- 20/2100H... 08.2 N 01.2 E... 55 KT -->
+
20/2100H... 08.2 N 01.1 E... 50 KT <!-- 21/0300H... 08.7 N 00.6 E... 55 KT -->
21/0300H... 08.8 N 00.5 E... 55 KT <!-- 21/0900H... 09.3 N 00.2 E... 55 KT    
+
21/0900H... 09.3 N 00.2 E... 55 KT <!-- 21/1500H... 10.1 N 00.1 W... 55 KT    
21/1500H... 10.1 N 00.1 W... 55 KT     21/2100H... 10.8 N 00.3 W... 55 KT -->
+
21/2100H... 10.8 N 00.3 W... 55 KT     22/0300H... 11.6 N 00.5 W... 55 KT -->
22/0300H... 11.6 N 00.5 W... 55 KT <!-- 22/0900H... 12.3 N 00.8 W... 50 KT    
+
22/0900H... 12.3 N 00.8 W... 50 KT <!-- 22/1500H... 13.1 N 01.0 W... 50 KT    
22/1500H... 13.1 N 01.0 W... 50 KT     22/2100H... 13.7 N 00.9 W... 45 KT -->
+
22/2100H... 13.7 N 00.9 W... 45 KT     23/0300H... 14.5 N 00.4 W... 40 KT -->
23/0300H... 14.5 N 00.4 W... 40 KT
+
23/0900H... 15.0 N 00.3 E... 35 KT
 
   
 
   
  REPEATING THE 3 AM POSITION... NEAR 5.7 NORTH 4.9 EAST. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
+
  REPEATING THE 9 AM POSITION... NEAR 6.0 NORTH 4.4 EAST. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
  WINDS NEAR 65 KM/H. MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE 995 HPA. SYSTEM IS MOVING
+
  WINDS NEAR 85 KM/H. MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE 993 HPA. SYSTEM IS MOVING
  NORTHWEST AT NEAR 2 KM/H.
+
  WEST-NORTHWEST AT NEAR 27 KM/H.
 
   
 
   
  THE HEARTLAND HURRICANE PREDICTION CENTRE WILL ISSUE THE NEXT ADVISORY BY
+
  THE HEARTLAND HURRICANE PREDICTION CENTRE WILL ISSUE THE NEXT ADVISORY AT 3 PM
  0935 HPT WITH AN INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY BY 0630 HPT.
+
  WITH AN INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY BY 1230 HPT.
 
   
 
   
 
  FORECASTER RINDLI
 
  FORECASTER RINDLI
 
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  TCTW05 FOLN 190320
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  TCTW05 FOLN 190940
 
  TROPICAL CYCLONE TEXT WARNING
 
  TROPICAL CYCLONE TEXT WARNING
 
  LIVERPOOL ENGLAND MET SERVICE HEADQUARTERS FOLENISA
 
  LIVERPOOL ENGLAND MET SERVICE HEADQUARTERS FOLENISA
  ISSUED 3:20 AM HPT JUNE 19 2146
+
  ISSUED 9:40 AM HPT JUNE 19 2146
  ACTIVE TIME:        0300H JUNE 19 2146
+
  ACTIVE TIME:        0900H JUNE 19 2146
 
  WARNING CENTRE:    FOLENISA
 
  WARNING CENTRE:    FOLENISA
 
  TROPICAL CYCLONE:  KANTA
 
  TROPICAL CYCLONE:  KANTA
  WARNING NR:        5
+
  WARNING NR:        6
  POSITION:          5.7N 4.9E
+
  POSITION:          6.0N 4.4E
 
  ACCURACY:          20NM
 
  ACCURACY:          20NM
  MOVEMENT:          NW 12KT
+
  MOVEMENT:          WNW 15KT
  CENT PRES:          995HPA
+
  CENT PRES:          993HPA
  MAX WIND:          35KT
+
  MAX WIND:          45KT
  MAX GUST:          45KT
+
  MAX GUST:          55KT
  FCST 12HR PSTN:    6.3N 4.0E
+
  FCST 12HR PSTN:    6.4N 3.3E
  FCST 12HR WINDS:    40KT G50KT
+
  FCST 12HR WINDS:    45KT G55KT
  NEXT WARNING AT:    0900H JUNE 18 2146=
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  NEXT WARNING AT:    1500H JUNE 18 2146=

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Latest storm information
Tropical Storm Kanta
Tropical storm
As of: 2100 HPT June 18, 2146
Location: 5.5°N 5.4°E
420 km (260 miles) west of St. Denis, Ineptia
Maximum
winds:
75 km/h (45 mph) (1-minute sustained)
Pressure: 995 hPa
Movement: West-northwest
Past advisories and discussions available here

TCAD5 WHCO 190945
TROPICAL STORM KANTA ADVISORY 6
HEARTLAND HURRICANE PREDICTION CENTRE OREAN
9 AM HPT JUNE 19 2146

...KANTA STRENGTHENS AS IT STARTS TO MOVE AWAY FROM INEPTIAN COAST...

AT 9 AM HPT...THE TROPICAL STORM WARNING FOR LA PLAGE PROVINCE IS
DISCONTINUED.

A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM BERLITZ EASTWARDS TO
THE LA PLAGE PROVINCIAL BORDER. A TROPICAL STORM WARNING MEANS THAT
TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS ARE LIKELY IN THE WARNING AREA WITHIN 24
HOURS...OR ARE ALREADY OCCURRING.

ON THIS FORECAST TRACK...THE WARNING COULD BE DISCONTINUED LATER TODAY.

THE RECONNAISSANCE AIRCRAFT CURRENTLY INVESTIGATING KANTA HAS FOUND
A RELATIVELY STRONGER TROPICAL STORM THAN EXPECTED. MAXIMUM FLIGHT
LEVEL WINDS WERE 56 KNOTS...IGNORING ONE 61 KT QUESTIONABLE REPORT...
WHILE A SONDE OB CAME BACK AT 44 KNOTS. SO...INITIAL INTENSITY IS
UPPED TO 45 KNOTS...RATHER EARLIER THAN EXPECTED. THE AIRPLANE ALSO
FOUND THAT THE WIND RADIUS OF 34 KNOT WINDS WAS RATHER LARGE...WHICH
WAS A SURPRISE...GIVEN THE APPARENT SIZE OF THE STORM ON SATELLITE.
THEREFORE WIND RADII HAVE ALSO BEEN ADJUSTED FOR THIS ADVISORY.
A SLIGHT WESTWARD JOG HAS ALSO BECOME APPARENT...AND INITIAL MOTION
IS NOW A SOMEWHAT UNCERTAIN 295/15.

AT 9 AM HPT THE CENTRE OF TROPICAL STORM KANTA WAS REPORTED BY
THE RECONNAISSANCE AIRCRAFT TO BE NEAR LATITUDE 6.0 NORTH LONGITUDE
4.4 EAST...ABOUT 210 KM OR 130 MILES WEST-SOUTHWEST OF THE PROVINCIAL
BORDER AT LA PLAGE/CÔTE D'ARGENT.

TROPICAL STORM KANTA IS MOVING TO THE WEST-NORTHWEST AT ABOUT 27 KM/H...
17 MPH. A SLIGHT INCREASE IN FORWARD SPEED IS EXPECTED IN THE NEXT 
24 HOURS...WITH A POSSIBLE SLIGHT WESTWARD JOG.

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 85 KM/H...50 MPH...WITH HIGHER GUSTS.
OVER THE NEXT 24 HOURS...A WINDOW OF OPPORTUNITY FOR RAPID STRENGTHENING
EXISTS.

THE SCATTEROMETER PASS FROM NINE HOURS AGO HAS BEEN PROVED RIGHT AS THE
RECONNAISSANCE AIRCRAFT HAS FOUND A SLIGHTLY LARGER WIND FIELD. TROPICAL
STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 195 KM...120 MILES...FROM THE
CENTRE.

THE LOWEST CENTRAL PRESSURE RECENTLY REPORTED BY THE RECONNAISSANCE PLANE
WAS 993 HPA...29.32 INCHES OF MERCURY.

AREAS NEAR THE COAST IN WESTERN LA PLAGE AND EASTERN CÔTE D'ARGENT
PROVINCES OF INEPTIA MAY SEE ONE TO TWO INCHES OF RAINFALL OVER THE NEXT
24 HOURS. ST. DENIS REPORTED ABOUT 60 MM...2.4 INCHES OF RAIN IN THE LAST
24 HOURS.

SINCE THE STORM HAS APPARENTLY GAINED QUITE A BIT OF STRENGTH IT IS TIME
TO LOOK AT THE FORECAST...ESPECIALLY IN THE SHORT-TERM. SOME FURTHER
RAPID STRENGTHENING COULD TAKE PLACE IN THE NEXT 24 HOURS OR SO...WHICH 
WOULD COMPLICATE THE TRACK FORECAST FURTHER. I HAVE ADJUSTED THE PREVIOUS
FORECAST TO THE LEFT/SOUTHWEST OF THE OLD ONE...AND FURTHER STRENGTHENING
COULD MEAN THE STORM BREAKING FROM THE LOW-LEVEL FLOW AND MOVING ON A MORE
WESTERLY TRACK.

AS THE RIDGE ACROSS CENTRAL PRUDENTIA BREAKS...NO CHANGE IN THE MIDDLE
TERM AND THE STORM WILL START TO TRACK NORTHWARD. A TUTT IS THEN FORECAST
BY ALL MODELS TO DEVELOP...AND STRENGTHEN...WHICH SHOULD CUT OFF OUTFLOW
AND WEAKEN THE STORM CONSIDERABLY. INTERESTINGLY...SOME OF THESE MODELS
SHOW ENOUGH OF A LACK OF STEERING CURRENTS BY THEN...FOR KANTA TO EXECUTE 
A SLOW 360-DEGREE LOOP. IT WILL BE WATCHED FOR IN FUTURE MODEL RUNS. FOR
NOW...IN THE OUTLOOK...WILL SHIFT WEAKENING STORM TOWARDS THE GRAYS HARBOR
COAST.

INTENSITY WISE... WILL KEEP TROPICAL STORM STRENGTH IN SHORT RUN...WITH
STRENGTHENING TO A SEVERE TROPICAL STORM THROUGH 48 OR 72 HOURS. I DO NOT
HAVE MUCH CONFIDENCE THAT THE STORM WILL STRENGTHEN ENOUGH TO BECOME A
HURRICANE...BUT FUTURE FORECASTS MAY BE CLEARER. WEAKENING IS SHOWN PAST
72 HOURS...THIS PORTION OF THE FORECAST WILL BE HIGHLY DEPENDENT ON THE
EVENTUAL STRENGTH OF THE TROPICAL UPPER TROPOSPHERIC TROUGH.

IF THE CURRENT MORE WESTWARD MOVEMENT CONTINUES...ALL TROPICAL STORM
WARNINGS COULD BE DISCONTINUED BY TONIGHT.

OFFICIAL FORECAST...ALL TIMES HPT
INITIAL TIME...19/0900H
 INITIAL... 06.0 N 04.4 E... 45 KT 
19/2100H... 06.4 N 03.3 E... 45 KT 
20/0900H... 07.1 N 02.1 E... 45 KT 
20/2100H... 08.2 N 01.1 E... 50 KT 
21/0900H... 09.3 N 00.2 E... 55 KT 
22/0900H... 12.3 N 00.8 W... 50 KT 
23/0900H... 15.0 N 00.3 E... 35 KT

REPEATING THE 9 AM POSITION... NEAR 6.0 NORTH 4.4 EAST. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS NEAR 85 KM/H. MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE 993 HPA. SYSTEM IS MOVING
WEST-NORTHWEST AT NEAR 27 KM/H.

THE HEARTLAND HURRICANE PREDICTION CENTRE WILL ISSUE THE NEXT ADVISORY AT 3 PM
WITH AN INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY BY 1230 HPT.

FORECASTER RINDLI

TCTW05 FOLN 190940
TROPICAL CYCLONE TEXT WARNING
LIVERPOOL ENGLAND MET SERVICE HEADQUARTERS FOLENISA
ISSUED 9:40 AM HPT JUNE 19 2146
ACTIVE TIME:        0900H JUNE 19 2146
WARNING CENTRE:     FOLENISA
TROPICAL CYCLONE:   KANTA
WARNING NR:         6
POSITION:           6.0N 4.4E
ACCURACY:           20NM
MOVEMENT:           WNW 15KT
CENT PRES:          993HPA
MAX WIND:           45KT
MAX GUST:           55KT
FCST 12HR PSTN:     6.4N 3.3E
FCST 12HR WINDS:    45KT G55KT
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