Subject: Pacific-NW: Marine Warning -011044 (AUTOMATIC)

From: Charley Kline <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 01 Oct 1996 10:44:01 -0500

ZCZC DD+ 63530
WTPN31 PGTW 011500
1. TROPICAL STORM YATES (28W) WARNING NR 036
   DOWNGRADED FROM TYPHOON YATES (28W)
   02 ACTIVE TROPICAL CYCLONES IN NORTHWESTPAC
   MAX SUSTAINED WINDS BASED ON ONE-MINUTE AVERAGE
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   WARNING POSITION:
   011200Z4 --- 34.5N2 154.6E6
     MOVEMENT PAST SIX HOURS - 075 DEGREES AT 22 KTS
     POSITION ACCURATE TO WITHIN 080 NM
     POSITION BASED ON CENTER LOCATED BY A COMBINATION OF
     SATELLITE AND EXTRAPOLATION
   PRESENT WIND DISTRIBUTION:
   MAX SUSTAINED WINDS - 055 KT, GUSTS 070 KT
   BECOMING EXTRATROPICAL
   RADIUS OF 050 KT WINDS - 050 NM SOUTHEAST SEMICIRCLE
                            035 NM ELSEWHERE
   RADIUS OF 035 KT WINDS - 155 NM SOUTHEAST SEMICIRCLE
                            120 NM ELSEWHERE
   REPEAT POSIT: 34.5N2 154.6E6
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   FORECASTS:
   12 HRS, VALID AT:
   020000Z2 --- 35.5N3 159.1E6
   MAX SUSTAINED WINDS - 045 KT, GUSTS 055 KT
   EXTRATROPICAL
   VECTOR TO 24 HR POSIT: 075 DEG/ 17 KTS
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   24 HRS, VALID AT:
   021200Z5 --- 36.3N2 163.1E1
   MAX SUSTAINED WINDS - 040 KT, GUSTS 050 KT
   EXTRATROPICAL
   VECTOR TO 36 HR POSIT: 075 DEG/ 15 KTS
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   36 HRS, VALID AT:
   030000Z3 --- 37.1N1 166.7E0
   MAX SUSTAINED WINDS - 035 KT, GUSTS 045 KT
   EXTRATROPICAL
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REMARKS:
011500Z7 POSITION 34.8N5  155.7E8
TROPICAL STORM YATES (28W) IS RAPIDLY UNDERGOING
EXTRATROPICAL TRANSITION AND THIS IS THE REASON FOR THE
DOWNGRADE FROM TYPHOON TO TROPICAL STORM INTENSITY.
SIGNIFICANT UPPER-LEVEL WESTERLY SHEAR HAS WEAKENED AND
DISPLACED THE DEEP CONVECTION AT LEAST 60 TO 100 NM TO
THE EAST OF THE SYSTEM CENTER. LAST RELIABLE SATELLITE
POSITION WAS 01/0930Z. MINIMUM SEA-LEVEL PRESSURE IS
ESTIMATED TO BE 984 MB. NEXT WARNINGS AT 012100Z4 (DTG
011951Z7), 020300Z5 (DTG 020151Z9), 020900Z1 (DTG
020751Z5) AND 021500Z8 (DTG 021351Z2). MAXIMUM
SIGNIFICANT WAVE HEIGHT AT 011200Z IS 20 FEET. REFER TO
WWPW31 PGFW FOR ADDITIONAL SEA HEIGHT INFORMATION. REFER
TO TYPHOON ZANE (29W) (WTPN32 PGTW) FOR SIX-HOURLY
UPDATES.//

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