Tropical Depression Banyan slowly organizing off the Western Philippine Sea..regains TS status within the next 24-48 hours

Tropical Depression Banyan (23W/Banyan)

6:00 PM PhST (10:00 GMT) 10/13/2011

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ANALYSIS AND OBSERVATION
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• latest satellite imagery shows a broad and weakly organized system with convection consolidating closer to the center/core of the system.
• expected to regains Tropical Storm status (75-95 kph) within the next 24-36 hours as it moves toward the South of Hainan Saturday night.
• rainbands of the said cyclone are still affecting the western coast of the Philippines (Western Luzon-Central Luzon-Southern Luzon-Northern Palawan) facing the Western Philippine Sea

Tropical Depression Banyan (23W/Ramon)
Saffir-Simpson Typhoon Scale	Tropical Depression
Location	14.4N 115.6E
Distance	480 km. WSW of Manila, Philippines
Maximum Sustained Winds	46 kph
Gustiness Winds	65 kph
Movement	northwestward @ 22 kph
Towards	West Philippine Sea
Maximum Sea Wave Height	13 feet
Minimum Sea Level Pressure	1003 mb