(2) AN AREA OF CONVECTION (INVEST 94W) HAS PERSISTED NEAR
11.4N 161.6E, APPROXIMATELY 550 NM SOUTH-SOUTHWEST OF WAKE ISLAND.
ANIMATED MULTISPECTRAL SATELLITE IMAGERY DEPICTS BROAD TURNING
DEVOID OF A LOW LEVEL CIRCULATION CENTER (LLCC). A 242256Z METOP-A
ASCAT PASS SHOWS GENERAL TROUGHING WITH WEAK WINDS (15 KTS) AND A
250233Z AMSR2 89GHZ IMAGE REVEALS THAT THERE IS SCATTERED
CONVECTION AND BROAD TURNING. THE OVERALL ENVIRONMENT IS FAVORABLE
FOR DEVELOPMENT WITH LOW VERTICAL WIND SHEAR (5-10KTS), GOOD UPPER
LEVEL DIVERGENCE, AND WARM SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURES (28-29C). GLOBAL
MODELS ARE IN AGREEMENT THAT THE SYSTEM WILL TRACK TO THE WEST TO
NORTHWEST AND GRADUALLY DEVELOP INTO A TROPICAL CYCLONE, BUT VARY ON
THE TIMING OF DEVELOPMENT. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED SURFACE WINDS ARE
ESTIMATED AT 10 TO 15 KNOTS. MINIMUM SEA LEVEL PRESSURE IS ESTIMATED
TO BE NEAR 1007 MB. THE POTENTIAL FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF A
SIGNIFICANT TROPICAL CYCLONE WITHIN THE NEXT 24 HOURS IS LOW.
