Subject: Pacific-NW: Formation Alert -212007 (AUTOMATIC)

From: Charley Kline <[email-masked]>
Date: Sat, 21 Sep 1996 20:07:50 -0500

ZCZC DD+ 40535
WTPN21 PGTW 220100
SUBJ/TROPICAL CYCLONE FORMATION ALERT 220051Z SEP 96//
REF/A/RMG/NAVPACMETOCCEN WEST GU/210051Z SEP 96//
AMPN/REF IS TROPICAL CYCLONE FORMATION ALERT (WTPN21 PGTW
210100)//
RMKS/
1. FORMATION OF A SIGNIFICANT TROPICAL CYCLONE IS
POSSIBLE WITHIN 140 NM EITHER SIDE OF A LINE FROM 13.9N3
162.5E4 TO 16.1N8 157.9E2 WITHIN THE NEXT 12 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 15 TO 20 KNOTS. METSAT IMAGERY AT
212330Z INDICATES THAT A CIRCULATION CENTER IS LOCATED
NEAR 14.0N5 162.2E1. THE SYSTEM IS MOVING WEST-
NORTHWESTWARD AT 04 KNOTS.
2. REMARKS:
THIS SUPERSEDES REF A. THE TROPICAL DISTURBANCE HAS MOVED
NORTHEAST OF ENEWETAK (WMO ID 91251) OVER THE PAST 12
HOURS AND HAS MAINTAINED ITS ORGANIZATION  OVER THE PAST
24 HOURS. DIFFLUENT UPPER LEVEL ENVIRONMENT CONTINUES TO
FAVOR DEVELOPMENT.
3. THIS ALERT VALID UNTIL 230100Z6.//

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