ANIMATED ENHANCED MULTISPECTRAL SATELLITE IMAGERY SHOWS A
WELL ORGANIZED, COMPACT SYSTEM WITH DEEP CONVECTION SURROUNDING A
SMALL INTERMITTENT EYE FEATURE. A 222344Z 89GHZ AMSU MICROWAVE IMAGE
SHOWS CONVECTIVE BANDING WRAPPING INTO A CENTRAL LOW REFLECTIVITY
AREA. THE INITIAL POSITION IS PLACED WITH HIGH CONFIDENCE BASED ON A
COMBINATION OF THE EYE FEATURE IN THE MULTI-SPECTRAL IMAGERY AND THE
MICROWAVE IMAGE. THE INITIAL INTENSITY HAS BEEN HELD AT 105 KNOTS
WITH HIGH CONFIDENCE BASED ON THE DVORAK CURRENT INTENSITY ESTIMATES
OF T5.5 (102 KNOTS) FROM BOTH KNES AND PGTW AND A SATELLITE
CONSENSUS ESTIMATE OF 107 KNOTS.