Subject: Pacific-NW: Marine Warning -260853 (AUTOMATIC)

From: Charley Kline <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 26 Sep 1996 08:53:34 -0500

ZCZC DD+ 24968
WTPN31 PGTW 261500
1. TYPHOON YATES (28W) WARNING NR 016
   02 ACTIVE TROPICAL CYCLONES IN NORTHWESTPAC
   MAX SUSTAINED WINDS BASED ON ONE-MINUTE AVERAGE
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   WARNING POSITION:
   261200Z1 --- 17.3N1 142.4E1
     MOVEMENT PAST SIX HOURS - 300 DEGREES AT 08 KTS
     POSITION ACCURATE TO WITHIN 030 NM
     POSITION BASED ON EYE FIXED BY A COMBINATION OF
     SATELLITE AND SYNOPTIC DATA
   PRESENT WIND DISTRIBUTION:
   MAX SUSTAINED WINDS - 125 KT, GUSTS 150 KT
   RADIUS OF 100 KT WINDS - 020 NM
   RADIUS OF 050 KT WINDS - 060 NM
   RADIUS OF 035 KT WINDS - 145 NM SOUTHEAST SEMICIRCLE
                            110 NM ELSEWHERE
   REPEAT POSIT: 17.3N1 142.4E1
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   FORECASTS:
   12 HRS, VALID AT:
   270000Z9 --- 18.6N5 141.1E7
   MAX SUSTAINED WINDS - 125 KT, GUSTS 150 KT
   RADIUS OF 100 KT WINDS - 020 NM
   RADIUS OF 050 KT WINDS - 065 NM
   RADIUS OF 035 KT WINDS - 150 NM EAST SEMICIRCLE
                            120 NM ELSEWHERE
   VECTOR TO 24 HR POSIT: 330 DEG/ 10 KTS
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   24 HRS, VALID AT:
   271200Z2 --- 20.3N5 140.1E6
   MAX SUSTAINED WINDS - 120 KT, GUSTS 145 KT
   RADIUS OF 100 KT WINDS - 020 NM
   RADIUS OF 050 KT WINDS - 065 NM
   RADIUS OF 035 KT WINDS - 160 NM NORTHEAST SEMICIRCLE
                            130 NM ELSEWHERE
   VECTOR TO 36 HR POSIT: 355 DEG/ 09 KTS
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   36 HRS, VALID AT:
   280000Z0 --- 22.0N4 139.9E2
   MAX SUSTAINED WINDS - 120 KT, GUSTS 145 KT
   RADIUS OF 100 KT WINDS - 020 NM
   RADIUS OF 050 KT WINDS - 070 NM
   RADIUS OF 035 KT WINDS - 160 NM NORTHEAST SEMICIRCLE
                            140 NM ELSEWHERE
   VECTOR TO 48 HR POSIT: 015 DEG/ 08 KTS
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   EXTENDED OUTLOOK:
   48 HRS, VALID AT:
   281200Z3 --- 23.6N1 140.4E9
   MAX SUSTAINED WINDS - 115 KT, GUSTS 140 KT
   RADIUS OF 100 KT WINDS - 020 NM
   RADIUS OF 050 KT WINDS - 075 NM
   RADIUS OF 035 KT WINDS - 160 NM EAST SEMICIRCLE
                            140 NM ELSEWHERE
   VECTOR TO 72 HR POSIT: 030 DEG/ 08 KTS
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   72 HRS, VALID AT:
   291200Z4 --- 26.5N3 142.3E0
   MAX SUSTAINED WINDS - 105 KT, GUSTS 130 KT
   RADIUS OF 100 KT WINDS - 020 NM
   RADIUS OF 050 KT WINDS - 075 NM
   RADIUS OF 035 KT WINDS - 170 NM SOUTHEAST SEMICIRCLE
                            150 NM ELSEWHERE
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REMARKS:
261500Z4 POSITION 17.6N4  142.1E8
TYPHOON YATES (28W) IS TRACKING WEST-NORTHWESTWARD AWAY
FROM THE MARIANA ISLANDS AT 8 KNOTS. YATES IS FORECAST TO
MAINTAIN CURRENT INTENSITY FOR 12 HOURS BEFORE GRADUALLY
WEAKENING THROUGHOUT THE FORECAST PERIOD. YATES IS
FORECAST TO RECURVE, TRACKING NORTHWESTWARD EARLY IN THE
FORECAST PERIOD BEFORE TURNING NORTHWARD AND THEN NORTH-
NORTHEASTWARD BY THE 72-HOUR FORECAST POSITION. NEXT
WARNINGS AT 262100Z1 (DTG 261951Z4), 270300Z2 (DTG
270151Z6), 270900Z8 (DTG 270751Z2) AND 271500Z5 (DTG
271351Z9). MAXIMUM SIGNIFICANT WAVE HEIGHT AT 261200Z1
ARE 30 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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