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#REDIRECT [[Tropical Depression 05F (2024)]]
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{{Infobox weather event
| name = '''Tropical Depression 05F/Tropical Low 06U'''
| image = 06U 2024-02-05 2250Z.jpg
| caption = 05F on February 2.
| formed = 30 January 2024
| dissipated = Active
}}{{Infobox weather event/FMS
| winds = 30
| pressure = 996
}}{{Infobox weather event/JTWC
| winds = 35
| pressure = 996
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| fatalities = None
| missing =
| damages = None
| damages-suffix =
| affected = {{Flatlist|
*[[New Caledonia]]
*[[Vanuatu]]
*[[Fiji]]
}}
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| season = [[2022–23 Australian region cyclone season|2022–23 Australian region]] and [[2022–23 South Pacific cyclone season|South Pacific]] cyclone seasons
}}'''Tropical Depression 05F''', also known as '''Tropical Low 06U''', is a long lived, currently active tropical cyclone. The 5th tropical low and tropical disturbance of the 2023–24 Australian region cyclone season and 2023–24 South Pacific cyclone season respectively, 05F emerged as a subtropical low on January 30.
== Meteorological history ==
{{storm path|06U 2024 path.png|colors=new}}
On January 30, the BoM reported that Subtropical Low 06U had developed off the southern coast of Queensland.<ref>{{cite report |url=http://www.bom.gov.au/cyclone/ |title=Tropical Cyclone Forecast 30 January 2024 08:31 am UTC |date=30 January 2024 |publisher=Australian Bureau of Meteorology |access-date=29 January 2024 |archive-url=https://archive.ph/VoI0p |archive-date=30 January 2024}}</ref> Over the next couple of days, the system moved north-eastwards before it into the South Pacific basin during February 1, where it was classified as Tropical Disturbance 05F by the Fiji Meteorological Service.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2 February 2024 |title=Tropical Disturbance Summary For area Equator to 25S, 160E to 120W Issued from RSMC NADI Feb 02 00:30 UTC. |url=https://www.met.gov.fj/index.php?page=warn1#20036.txt |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240202024946/https://www.met.gov.fj/index.php?page=warn1#20036.txt |archive-date=2 February 2024 |access-date=2 February 2024 |website=www.met.gov.fj}}</ref>
Under a moderately sheared environment with warm sea surface temperatures. The disturbance's convective structure rapidly deteriorated in the [[low-level circulation center]] (LLLC).<ref>{{Cite web |date=January 25, 2024 |title=WWPS21 NFFN 250600 |url=https://www.met.gov.fj/index.php?page=warn1#20036.txt |archive-url=https://archive.today/20240203092100/https://tgftp.nws.noaa.gov/data/raw/ww/wwps21.nffn..txt |archive-date=February 3, 2024 |access-date=January 25, 2024 |website=www.met.gov.fj}}</ref> However, the system quickly re-developed LLLC, and three days later,<ref>{{cite report |url=http://www.bom.gov.au/cyclone/ |title=Tropical Cyclone Forecast 12:03 am UTC 5 February 2024 |date=February 5, 2024 |publisher=Australian Bureau of Meteorology |access-date=February 5, 2024 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20240205013548/http://www.bom.gov.au/cyclone/ |archive-date=February 5, 2024}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=February 4, 2024 |title=WWPS21 NFFN 042100 |url=https://www.met.gov.fj/index.php?page=warn1#20036.txt |archive-url=https://archive.today/20240204233756/https://tgftp.nws.noaa.gov/data/raw/ww/wwps21.nffn..txt |archive-date=February 4, 2024 |access-date=February 4, 2024 |website=www.met.gov.fj}}</ref> the system moved eastwards onto the boundary of the region—the 160th meridian east—at approximately 12:00 UTC on February 5, before returning to the Southern Pacific basin proper on February 7, and the JTWC issued a TCFA on the low, noting that it was likely to intensify significantly.<ref>{{cite JTWC|date=February 7, 2024|type=tcfa|designation=94P|url=https://www.metoc.navy.mil/jtwc/products/sh9824web.txt|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240207224755/https://www.metoc.navy.mil/jtwc/products/sh9424web.txt|archive-date=February 7, 2024|access-date=February 7, 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite report |url=http://www.bom.gov.au/cgi-bin/wrap_fwo.pl?IDQ20018.txt |title=Eastern Region Tropical Cyclone Technical Bulletin issued at 1905 UTC 7/2/2024 |date=February 7, 2024 |publisher=Australian Bureau of Meteorology |access-date=February 7, 2024 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20240207211342/https://tgftp.nws.noaa.gov/data/raw/ax/axau21.abrf..txt |archive-date=February 7, 2024}}</ref> The next day, the agency upgraded the system to tropical storm, initiating advisories on it as Tropical Cyclone 12P.<ref>{{cite JTWC|date=February 8, 2024|type=warn|category=tc|designation=12P|no=1|name=Twelve|url=https://www.metoc.navy.mil/jtwc/products/sh1224web.txt|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240208024638/https://www.metoc.navy.mil/jtwc/products/sh1224web.txt|url-status=dead|archive-date=February 8, 2024|access-date=February 8, 2024}}</ref> The storm continued to be negatively effected by northwesterly wind shear.<ref>{{cite JTWC|date=February 8, 2024|type=prog|category=tc|designation=12P|no=3|name=Twelve|url=https://www.metoc.navy.mil/jtwc/products/sh1224web.txt|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240208024638/https://www.metoc.navy.mil/jtwc/products/sh1224web.txt|url-status=dead|archive-date=February 8, 2024|access-date=February 8, 2024}}</ref> Later, the storm began undergoing rapid expansion, with a central cold cover along with colder convective tops.<ref>{{cite JTWC|date=February 9, 2024|type=prog|category=tc|designation=12P|no=8|name=Twelve|url=https://www.metoc.navy.mil/jtwc/products/sh1224prog.txt|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240210014728/https://www.metoc.navy.mil/jtwc/products/sh1224prog.txt|archive-date=February 10, 2024|access-date=February 10, 2024}}</ref> However, as it moved over [[Epi (island)|Epi island]] in Vanuatu, its weakly-defined and exposed LLLC embedded in deep convection.<ref>{{cite JTWC|date=February 10, 2024|type=prog|category=tc|designation=12P|no=9|name=Twelve|url=https://www.metoc.navy.mil/jtwc/products/sh1224prog.txt|archive-url=https://archive.today/20240210031316/https://www.metoc.navy.mil/jtwc/products/sh1224prog.txt|archive-date=February 10, 2024|access-date=February 10, 2024}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=February 10, 2024 |title=Forecast Map for Tropical Depression 05F Number 29 |url=https://www.met.gov.fj/index.php?page=warn1#20036.txt |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240210030723/https://www.met.gov.fj/index.php?page=trackmap3 |archive-date=February 10, 2024 |access-date=February 10, 2024 |website=www.met.gov.fj}}</ref> Shortly afterward, the JTWC issued their final warning, as it became elongated due to a dry air intrusion.<ref>{{cite report |url=https://www.met.gov.fj/index.php?page=warn1 |title=Tropical Disturbance Advisory Number C13 |date=February 10, 2024 |publisher=[[Fiji Meteorological Service]] |access-date=February 11, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240211014506/https://www.met.gov.fj/index.php?page=warn1#20034.txt |archive-date=February 11, 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite JTWC|date=February 10, 2024|type=prog|category=tc|designation=12P|no=10|name=Twelve|url=https://www.metoc.navy.mil/jtwc/products/sh1224prog.txt|archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20240210000000/https://www.metoc.navy.mil/jtwc/products/sh1224prog.txt|archive-date=February 10, 2024|access-date=February 10, 2024}} [https://wiki.chlod.net/jtwc/text/2024-02-10-0800-sh1224web.txt Alt URL]</ref> Over the next few weeks, the FMS continued monitoring the system as a tropical disturbance.
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