Tropical Cyclone EDZANI Strengthens

TC EDZANI (07S) UPDATE

Tropical cyclone EDZANI  intensifies

• Time/Date: 7 January 2010 – 00:01UTC
• Position: 13.8ºS, 80.3ºE
• Sustained Movement: 245 degrees
• Forward speed: 19km/hr (10 kt)

Current wind distribution:

• Maximum Sustained winds: 75 km/hr (40 kt)
• Maximum Gusts: 95 km/hr (~ 50 kt)
• Source: JTWC and Others

Observation:

• Tropical Cyclone EDZANI (TC 07S) is currently located about 1,200 km (650 nm) ESE of Diego Garcia, tracking west-southwestward at 19 km/hr (10 knots).

• “Animated multispectral imagery and an SSMIS microwave image [taken on 06 Jan at 11:37UTC show] improved convective consolidation and an increasingly symmetric low level circulation center (LLCC).” JTWC reported.

Infrared METEOSAT-5 Indian Ocean. Credit: CIMSS Tropical Cyclones Group

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