WWPS21 NFFN 152100 Tropical Disturbance Summary For area Equator to 25S, 160E to 120W ISSUED FROM RSMC NADI Oct 152113 UTC. TROPICAL DIPRESSION TD01F WAS ANALYSED NEAR 10.1S 163.4W AT 151800UTC. POSITION POOR BASED ON HIMAWARI-9 VIS/IR IMAGERY. TD01F SLOW MOVING. CONVECTION REMAINS PERSISTENT NEAR THE CENTER AND IS GRADUALLY SHOWING IMPROVEMENT IN ORGANISATION. TD01F LIES IN AN AREA OF LOW SHEARED ENVIRONMENT WITH GOOD UPPER DIVERGENCE. SYSTEM HAS GOOD LOW LEVEL CONVERGENCE TO THE SOUTH AND LIES IN AN AREA WITH SST AROUND 29 DEGREES CELSIUS. GLOBAL MODELS HAVE IDENTIFIED THIS SYSTEM AND MOVE IT IN A SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST DIRECTION WITH GRADUAL INTENSIFICATION. THE POTENTIAL FOR THIS SYSTEM TO DEVELOP INTO A TROPICAL CYCLONE IS MODERATE TO HIGH WITHIN THE NEXT 24 HOURS. ********************************************************************* ***** NO OTHER SIGNIFICANT TROPICAL DISTURBANCE ANALYSED OR FORECAST IN THE AREA.