A circulation core developed rapidly in a large area of thunderstorms east of the Solomon Islands and the system was classified as Tropical Cyclone Pam on Monday.\u00a0 At 10:00 p.m. EDT on Monday the center of Tropical Cyclone Pam was located at latitude 9.8\u00b0 and longitude 170.4\u00b0E which put it about 790 miles northwest of Fiji.\u00a0 Pam was moving toward the south-southeast at 7 m.p.h.\u00a0 The maximum sustained wind speed was 75 m.p.h. and there were gusts to 90 m.p.h.\u00a0 The minimum surface pressure was 974 mb.<\/p>\n
Pam intensified rapidly on Monday and reached hurricane intensity within 24 hours of being classified as a tropical cyclone.\u00a0 It is over Sea Surface Temperatures warmer than 30\u00b0C and it has moved into an area where the upper level winds are relatively light.\u00a0 It normally takes the circulation in a large tropical disturbance a long time to consolidate around an inner core.\u00a0 However, Pam has well developed upper level outflow, which has pumped out mass and enabled the system to intensify rapidly.\u00a0 Pam is expected to remain in a very favorable environment and continued rapid intensification is likely.\u00a0 It could become a very powerful tropical cyclone during the next several days.<\/p>\n
Pam is moving around the western end of a subtropical ridge with is steering it in a south-southeasterly direction.\u00a0 That generally steering pattern is expected to continue for the next several days.\u00a0 The projected path of Pam carries it west of Fiji and east of Vanuatu and New Caledonia.\u00a0 Given the large size and intensity of the tropical cyclone, any deviation from the projected path could increase the risk posed by Tropical Cyclone Pam.<\/p>\n
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