Cyclone RENE (TC 15P) Update 1 (12 Feb)

Slow Forward Motion May Help RENE to Strengthen

Tropical Cyclone RENE (TC 15P) – Water Vapor Satellite Image. Source: UW-CIMSS. Click Image to enlarge.

Tropical Cyclone RENE (TC 15P) Details

• Date/Time: 12 February 2010 –  01:30 UTC
• Position:  Near 13.0ºS, 166.0ºW
• Sustained Movement: 215  degrees
  
• Forward speed: 9 km/hr (~ 5 kt)
• Tropical Cyclone RENE has been tracking  SOUTH over the past 6 hours.
  

Current Wind Distribution:

• Maximum Sustained winds: ~ 110km (~ 60 kt)
• Maximum Gusts:  ~ 140 km/hr (~ 75 kt)

Wave Height and Location:

• Maximum significant wave height: ~ 6m (18 ft)
  
• Location: TC RENE was located about 500 km (~ 270 NM) ENE of Pago-Pago
• Rene could intensify to a Cat 2B Hurricane [probability of 65 percent] possibly a Cat 3A Hurricane [probability of 45 percent] within the next 72 hours, depending on its forward motion speed.
  
• Sources: CIMSS, JTWC and Others

South Pacific and North America are two places to avoid right now!

Additional Satellite Imagery

NOAA East Pacific Floater 1 GOES Satellite Imagery – Cyclone FIFTEEN (TC 15P)

• Visible  Image – Java – Flash
• IR AVN  Image – Java – Flash
• IR Shortwave  Image – Java – Flash
• IR Dvorak*  Image – Java – Flash
• IR Unenhanced  Image – Java – Flash
• IR JSL  Image – Java – Flash
• IR RGB  Image – Java – Flash
• IR Funktop  Image – Java – Flash
• IR Rainbow  Image – Java – Flash
• Water Vapor  Image – Java – Flash

See also:

• Introducing Tropical Cyclone Fifteen (Cyclone RENE)
• FEWW Satellite Imagery Links Page