AXAU21 ABRF 240447
IDQ20018
TROPICAL CYCLONE TECHNICAL BULLETIN: AUSTRALIA - EASTERN REGION
Issued by BRISBANE TROPICAL CYCLONE WARNING CENTRE
at: 0446 UTC 24/03/2009
Name: Tropical Cyclone Jasper
Identifier: 20U
Data At: 0400 UTC
Latitude: 18.7S
Longitude: 160.1E
Location Accuracy: within 40 nm [75 km]
Movement Towards: southeast [135 deg]
Speed of Movement: 14 knots [26 km/h]
Maximum 10-Minute Wind: 50 knots [95 km/h]
Maximum 3-Second Wind Gust: 70 knots [130 km/h]
Central Pressure: 985 hPa
Radius of 34-knot winds NE quadrant: 240 nm [445 km]
Radius of 34-knot winds SE quadrant: 300 nm [555 km]
Radius of 34-knot winds SW quadrant: 300 nm [555 km]
Radius of 34-knot winds NW quadrant: 240 nm [445 km]
Radius of 48-knot winds NE quadrant: 100 nm [185 km]
Radius of 48-knot winds SE quadrant: 240 nm [445 km]
Radius of 48-knot winds SW quadrant: 240 nm [445 km]
Radius of 48-knot winds NW quadrant: 100 nm [185 km]
Radius of 64-knot winds:    
Radius of Maximum Winds: 35 nm [65 km]
Dvorak Intensity Code: T3.0/3.5/D2.0/24HRS
Pressure of outermost isobar: 1008 hPa
Radius of outermost closed isobar: 215 nm [400 km]
Storm Depth: Deep
FORECAST DATA
Date/Time   : Location    : Loc. Accuracy: Max Wind   : Central Pressure
[UTC]       : degrees     :      nm  [km]: knots[km/h]: hPa
+12: 24/1600: 20.5S 161.5E:     070 [130]:  060  [110]:  976
+24: 25/0400: 21.3S 162.0E:     100 [185]:  065  [120]:  970
+36: 25/1600: 21.5S 161.4E:     130 [245]:  070  [130]:  959
+48: 26/0400: 21.7S 160.9E:     165 [305]:  075  [140]:  953
+60: 26/1600: 21.0S 159.0E:     210 [395]:  080  [150]:  948
+72: 27/0400: 20.0S 157.7E:     260 [480]:  085  [155]:  945
REMARKS:
Irregular VIS CDO 1.6 degrees in diameter yields DT3.0. MET and PAT suggest 2.5.
DT used as final T. Expect SE steering to continue for 18 to 24 hours before a
competing influence slows the system and ultimately turns it westward.
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