WTXS32 PGTW 100900 050 NM NORTHWEST QUADRANT VECTOR TO 24 HR POSIT: 265 DEG/ 08 KTS --- 24 HRS, VALID AT: 110600Z --- 15.5S 36.7E MAX SUSTAINED WINDS - 035 KT, GUSTS 045 KT WIND RADII VALID OVER OPEN WATER ONLY DISSIPATING AS A SIGNIFICANT TROPICAL CYCLONE OVER LAND VECTOR TO 36 HR POSIT: 245 DEG/ 06 KTS --- 36 HRS, VALID AT: 111800Z --- 16.0S 35.5E MAX SUSTAINED WINDS - 030 KT, GUSTS 040 KT WIND RADII VALID OVER OPEN WATER ONLY DISSIPATED AS A SIGNIFICANT TROPICAL CYCLONE OVER LAND --- REMARKS: 100900Z POSITION NEAR 15.2S 39.5E. 10MAR25. TROPICAL CYCLONE (TC) 25S (JUDE), LOCATED APPROXIMATELY 59 NM SOUTHWEST OF NACALA, MOZAMBIQUE, HAS TRACKED WESTWARD AT 07 KNOTS OVER THE PAST SIX HOURS. TC 25S MADE LANDFALL APPROXIMATELY 35NM SOUTH OF NACALA AT 100000Z AND HAS TRACKED INLAND OVER THE PAST SIX HOURS. ANIMATED ENHANCED INFRARED SATELLITE IMAGERY INDICATES SLIGHT WEAKENING OF THE CORE CONVECTION, WITH WARMING CLOUD TOP TEMPERATURES. HOWEVER, A 100308Z SSMIS 91GHZ MICROWAVE IMAGE DEPICTS A NEAR-COMPLETE EYEWALL SURROUNDING A SMALL MICROWAVE EYE FEATURE, WHICH SUPPORTS THE INITIAL POSITION WITH MEDIUM CONFIDENCE. THE INITIAL INTENSITY IS ASSESSED CONSERVATIVELY AT 65 KNOTS BASED ON THE OVERALL CONVECTIVE STRUCTURE. TC 25S IS FORECAST TO RECURVE SOUTHWESTWARD BY TAU 36, WITH A SHARP TURN SOUTHEASTWARD AFTER TAU 48 AS THE STR SHIFTS NORTHEAST OF THE SYSTEM IN RESPONSE TO AN APPROACHING UPPER-LEVEL TROUGH. TC 25S WILL RAPIDLY WEAKEN OVER LAND AND SHOULD WEAKEN BELOW TROPICAL STORM STRENGTH BY TAU 36. HOWEVER, THE SYSTEM IS FORECAST TO REEMERGE OVER // END PART 02 //