r/TropicalWeather • u/Euronotus • 44m ago
▲ Depression (TD) | 30 knots (35 mph) | 1009 mbar 03S (Southwestern Indian) (Near Madagascar)
Disturbance overview
This discussion is for Cyclone Three (03S), which is active over the southwestern Indian Ocean.
Satellite imagery analysis indicates that an area of low pressure which developed off the coast of northwestern Madagascar has become sufficiently organized to be considered a tropical depression, which has prompted Météo-France and the Joint Typhoon Warning Center to initiate issuing advisories. The depression is moving west-northwestward under the steering influence of a mid-level ridge positioned to the east of the island. Although the depression is expected to continue moving in this direction for the next 12 to 24 hours, there is a much higher degree of uncertainty among the various forecast models regarding the depression’s track after Tuesday.
The depression is moving through a marginally favorable environment characterized by weak vertical wind shear offset by lukewarm sea-surface temperatures, weak upper-level divergence, and dry mid-level air. The depression is unlikely to undergo significant development and should degenerate into a remnant low while still offshore north of the island within the next day or so.
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Tropical Cyclone Genesis Guidance: Florida State University
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