Subject: Pacific-NW: Marine Warning -160245 (AUTOMATIC)

From: Charley Kline <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 16 Aug 1996 02:45:47 -0500

ZCZC DD+ 50198
WTPN31 PGTW 160900
1. TROPICAL STORM KIRK (13W) WARNING NR 051
   02 ACTIVE TROPICAL CYCLONES IN NORTHWESTPAC
   MAX SUSTAINED WINDS BASED ON ONE-MINUTE AVERAGE
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   WARNING POSITION:
   160600Z3 --- 44.9N7 153.6E5
     MOVEMENT PAST SIX HOURS - 065 DEGREES AT 29 KTS
     POSITION ACCURATE TO WITHIN 060 NM
     POSITION BASED ON CENTER LOCATED BY SATELLITE
   PRESENT WIND DISTRIBUTION:
   MAX SUSTAINED WINDS - 040 KT, GUSTS 050 KT
   BECOMING EXTRATROPICAL
   RADIUS OF 035 KT WINDS - 220 NM SOUTHEAST SEMICIRCLE
                            105 NM ELSEWHERE
   REPEAT POSIT: 44.9N7 153.6E5
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   FORECASTS:
   12 HRS, VALID AT:
   161800Z6 --- 47.7N8 161.3E1
   MAX SUSTAINED WINDS - 035 KT, GUSTS 045 KT
   EXTRATROPICAL
   VECTOR TO 24 HR POSIT: 050 DEG/ 30 KTS
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   24 HRS, VALID AT:
   170600Z4 --- 51.3N9 168.7E2
   MAX SUSTAINED WINDS - 030 KT, GUSTS 040 KT
   EXTRATROPICAL
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REMARKS:
160900Z6 POSITION 45.6N5  155.5E6
TROPICAL STORM KIRK (13W) CONTINUES TO TRACK TO THE
NORTHEAST AND SLOWLY WEAKEN AS IT TRANSITIONS TO AN
EXTRATROPICAL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM. MAXIMUM SIGNIFICANT
WAVE HEIGHT AT 160600Z IS 18 FEET. THIS IS THE FINAL
WARNING ON THIS SYSTEM BY THE JOINT TYPHOON WARNING
CENTER (NAVPACMETOCCEN WEST GU). REFER TO NAVPACMETOCCEN
WEST GU WWPW30 PGFW FOR FUTURE GALE WARNINGS AND SEA
HEIGHT INFORMATION.
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