Subject: Pacific-NW: 1. Tropical Storm 12w (fanapi) Warning Nr 023

From: SIU Weather Processor <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 20 Sep 2010 03:59:05 -0500

WTPN31 PGTW 200900
MSGID/GENADMIN/NAVMARFCSTCEN PEARL HARBOR HI/JTWC//
SUBJ/TROPICAL CYCLONE WARNING//
RMKS/
1. TROPICAL STORM 12W (FANAPI) WARNING NR 023
   DOWNGRADED FROM TYPHOON 12W
   02 ACTIVE TROPICAL CYCLONES IN NORTHWESTPAC
   MAX SUSTAINED WINDS BASED ON ONE-MINUTE AVERAGE
   WIND RADII VALID OVER OPEN WATER ONLY
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   WARNING POSITION:
   200600Z --- NEAR 23.7N 115.8E
     MOVEMENT PAST SIX HOURS - 265 DEGREES AT 17 KTS
     POSITION ACCURATE TO WITHIN 060 NM
     POSITION BASED ON CENTER LOCATED BY SATELLITE
   PRESENT WIND DISTRIBUTION:
   MAX SUSTAINED WINDS - 050 KT, GUSTS 065 KT
   WIND RADII VALID OVER OPEN WATER ONLY
   DISSIPATING AS A SIGNIFICANT TROPICAL CYCLONE OVER LAND
   REPEAT POSIT: 23.7N 115.8E
    ---
   FORECASTS:
   12 HRS, VALID AT:
   201800Z --- 24.0N 113.6E
   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 24 HR POSIT: 290 DEG/ 07 KTS
    ---
   24 HRS, VALID AT:
   210600Z --- 24.5N 112.1E
   MAX SUSTAINED WINDS - 020 KT, GUSTS 030 KT
   WIND RADII VALID OVER OPEN WATER ONLY
   DISSIPATED AS A SIGNIFICANT TROPICAL CYCLONE OVER LAND
    ---
REMARKS:
200900Z POSITION NEAR 23.8N 115.2E.
TROPICAL STORM (TS) 12W (FANAPI), LOCATED APPROXIMATELY 125 NM
NORTHEAST OF HONG KONG, CHINA, HAS TRACKED WESTWARD AT 17 KNOTS OVER
THE PAST SIX HOURS. ANIMATED MULTISPECTRAL SATELLITE IMAGERY
INDICATES TS 12W HAS TRACKED OVER INLAND CHINA AND WEAKENED
CONSIDERABLY. DEEP CONVECTION CONTINUES TO PERSIST ALONG THE
SOUTHEASTERN EXTENT OF THE SYSTEM ALONG COASTAL CHINA. THE CURRENT
POSITION IS BASED ON A 200532Z PGTW POSITION FIX AS WELL AS A
200600Z RJTD POSITION FIX WITH FAIR CONFIDENCE. TS 12W IS FORECAST
TO CONTINUE TRACKING WESTWARD AND DISSIPATE AS A SIGNIFICANT
TROPICAL CYCLONE BY TAU 24. THIS IS THE FINAL WARNING ON THIS SYSTEM
BY THE JOINT TYPHOON WARNING CENTER (NAVMARFCSTCEN). THE SYSTEM WILL
BE CLOSELY MONITORED FOR SIGNS OF REGENERATION. MAXIMUM SIGNIFICANT
WAVE HEIGHT AT 200600Z IS 15 FEET. REFER TO TROPICAL CYCLONE 13W
(THIRTEEN) WARNINGS (WTPN32 PGTW) FOR SIX-HOURLY UPDATES.//

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