Tropical Depression 08W consolidates more stength... may become a Tropical Storm within the next 12-24 hours

                  Tropical Depression 08W consolidates more strength and maybe come a Tropical Storm later this afternoon as it drifts westward towards Southern, Japan. Latest satellite imagery depicts an elongated LLCC with two main deep convective bands curving towards the center from the Southern and Eastern quadrants of the system. However, due to upper level convergence and and subsidence of a TUTT (Tropical Upper Tropospheric Trough), deep convection remains limited over the western portion of the system.

                 

                    This active cyclone is forecasts to gradually intensify within the  next 72 hours because of the over high sea surface temperatures and within a favorable upper level environment  as forecasts to track westward. After 96 hours, slightly change of forecast track to WSW is possible because of a weak interaction with a developing Tropical Disturbance east of Luzon in the coming days.

Tropical Depression 08W
Saffir-Simpson Typhoon Scale	Tropical Depression
Location	18.7N 154.6E
Distance	1577.6 km. ESE of Iwo To, Japan
Maximum Sustained Winds	56 kph
Gustiness Winds	74 kph
Movement	Westward @ 15 kph
Towards	Iwo To-Okinawa-Ryukyus, Japan area
Maximum Sea Wave Height	10 feet
Minimum Sea Level Pressure	1004 mb

                                                                              **weather information updated: 12 P.M PhST