** WTSR20 WSSS 071800 *** NO STORM WARNING= ** WTPN21 PHNC 072330 *** MSGID/GENADMIN/NAVPACMETOCCEN PEARL HARBOR HI/JTWC// SUBJ/TROPICAL CYCLONE FORMATION ALERT 072330Z NOV 06// RMKS/ 1. FORMATION OF A SIGNIFICANT TROPICAL CYCLONE IS POSSIBLE WITHIN 160 NM EITHER SIDE OF A LINE FROM 11.5N 102.5W TO 14.6N 107.8W WITHIN THE NEXT 06 TO 24 HOURS. AVAILABLE DATA DOES NOT JUSTIFY ISSUANCE OF NUMBERED TROPICAL CYCLONE WARNINGS AT THIS TIME. WINDS IN THE AREA ARE ESTIMATED TO BE 20 TO 25 KNOTS. METSAT IMAGERY AT 071800Z INDICATES THAT A CIRCULATION CENTER IS LOCATED NEAR 12.0N 103.4W. THE SYSTEM IS MOVING NORTHWESTWARD AT 11 KNOTS. 2. REMARKS: AN AREA OF CONVECTION HAS PERSISTED NEAR 12.0N 103.4W, APPROXIMATELY 355 NM SOUTHWEST OF ACAPULCO, MEXICO. RECENT MULTISPECTRAL SATELLITE IMAGERY AND A 072102Z AMSU IMAGE REVEAL PERSISTENT CONVECTION OVER A DEVELOPING LOW LEVEL CIRCULATION CENTER (LLCC). A 071303Z QUIKSCAT IMAGE AND RECENT SYNOPTIC SHIP OBSERVATIONS REPORT SURFACE WIND SPEEDS OF 20 TO 25 KNOTS NEAR THE LLCC. UPPER LEVEL ANALYSIS INDICATES GOOD DIVERGENCE ALOFT AND LOW VERTICAL WIND SHEAR. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED SURFACE WIND SPEEDS ARE ESTIMATED AT 20 TO 25 KNOTS. MINIMUM SEA LEVEL PRESSURE IS ESTIMATED TO BE NEAR 1007 MB. THE POTENTIAL FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF A SIGNIFICANT TROPICAL CYCLONE WITHIN THE NEXT 24 HOURS IS GOOD. 3. THIS ALERT WILL BE REISSUED, UPGRADED TO WARNING OR CANCELLED BY 082330Z.//