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North Indian Ocean

>>> There’s an area of disturbed weather being referred to as Invest 91B, which is located approximately 604 NM east-southeast of Chennai, India

Multi-spectral satellite imagery and a microwave image reveal a depression-like structure with formative convective banding. 91B has become much more organized, with numerous overshooting cloud tops within the broader convective canopy. .

Environmental analysis indicates favorable conditions for development with improving equatorward outflow, low (5-10 knot) vertical wind shear, and very warm sea surface temperatures.

As 91B continues to consolidate, global deterministic and ensemble models are in strong agreement that it will intensify in response to a westerly wind burst over the southern portion of the Bay of Bengal which is enhancing the potential for tropical cyclone development.

Maximum sustained surface winds are estimated at 27 to 33 knots. 

The potential for the development of a significant tropical cyclone within the next 24 hours is upgraded to high.