Day Time Lat Lon Int Type Fix Methods Comments
19 12 VIS and IR, no sfc low evident Looks like vort area over land with isold conv
19 18 27.0S 49.0W 25 Extrop circ Scatt, IR and VIS, distinct area Scat suggests on shore circ, aftn convection and band
20 0 26.5S 48.5W 25 Extrop circ IR Area getting larger, but still over land
20 6 25.3S 48.0W 30 Extrop circ IR Conver on shore, prob a circ along shore
20 12 25.5S 46.0W 30 Extrop circ IR clear mvmt offshore Great comma cloud, with LL cloud lines
20 18 26.5S 44.5W 30 Extrop circ SCAT, IR and VIS Scat shows complete circ off shore near vort
21 0 26.8S 43.0W 30 Extrop circ IR
21 6 27.5S 42.0W 30 Extrop circ scat troughish here Starts to accel to the SE with extrop system
21 12 28.7S 40.5W 30 Extrop circ IR/VIS, some circ seen surrounding Now, area starting to hang back as a cut-off like circ
21 18 29.5S 39.5W 30 Extrop circ VIS partial exposed circ
22 0 30.9S 38.5W 30 Extrop circ IR
22 6 31.9S 37.0W 30 Extrop circ scat troughish begin cut off hybred type config
22 12 32.3S 36.7W 30 Extrop circ IR/VIS partial exposed circ Separated from main frontal band, looks like an 'occlusion'
22 18 31.5S 36.5W 30 Extrop circ scat still troughish
23 0 30.7S 36.7W 30 Extrop circ IR Isol weak conv in region, better outflow, still some frontal bdry
23 6 29.8S 37.0W 30 Extrop circ nice scat circ slow motion here
23 12 29.5S 37.5W 30 Extrop circ VIS exposed circ Isold convectin near center, weak out flow begins
23 18 29.4S 38.1W 35 Extrop circ scat good 35kt winds with 30 also isold conv mix
24 0 29.3S 38.5W 35 Hybred IR
24 6 29.2S 38.8W 35 Hybred IR
24 12 29.1S 39.0W 35 Hybred IR and VIS Mix strong convection and boundary near center
24 18 29.1S 39.4W 40 Hybred IR and VIS starting to move westward, Convective build up
25 0 29.0S 39.9W 40 Hybred IR scat has 40kt easily, almost tropical, isolated system
25 6 28.9S 40.4W 45 TS Good scat fix Purely Tropical characteristics: convective support and not tied to syn boundary
25 12 28.7S 41.2W 50 TS IR and VIS Nice outflow from isolated conv system
25 18 28.7S 41.9W 55 TS Begin SAB fixes with my scat T3.0, but scat shows 50kt+
26 0 28.7S 42.6W 60 TS VIS and IR Banding eye forming
26 6 28.7S 43.1W 65 HUR Cat1 Begin MI Nice banding convection
26 12 28.8S 43.7W 70 HUR Cat1 MI and IR and VIS Complete eye in MI and VIS
26 18 28.9S 44.2W 70 HUR Cat1 MI and IR and VIS
27 0 29.1S 44.9W 70 HUR Cat1 MI and IR
27 6 29.2S 45.6W 75 HUR Cat1 MI and IR
27 12 29.5S 46.4W 75 HUR Cat1 MI and IR and VIS Looking stronger, good clear eye and eyewall
27 18 29.5S 47.5W 80 HUR Cat1 MI and IR and VIS
28 0 29.3S 48.3W 80 HUR Cat1 MI and IR
28 6 29.0S 49.7W 85 HURCat 2? TRMM 85h nice pattern 28/0515 eye reaches coast of Brazil, Best MI
28 12 28.5S 50.1W 60 TS IR and VIS Good vis signature
28 18 28.5S 51.0W 45 TS IR Lost