Subject: Pacific-NW: Marine Warning -131640 (AUTOMATIC)

From: Charley Kline <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 13 Aug 1996 16:40:51 -0500

ZCZC DD+ 37099
WTPN32 PGTW 132100
1. TROPICAL DEPRESSION 15W WARNING NR 004
   03 ACTIVE TROPICAL CYCLONES IN NORTHWESTPAC
   MAX SUSTAINED WINDS BASED ON ONE-MINUTE AVERAGE
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   WARNING POSITION:
   131800Z3 --- 31.6N0 161.8E6
     MOVEMENT PAST SIX HOURS - 090 DEGREES AT 05 KTS
     POSITION ACCURATE TO WITHIN 045 NM
     POSITION BASED ON CENTER LOCATED BY A COMBINATION OF
     SATELLITE AND SYNOPTIC DATA
   PRESENT WIND DISTRIBUTION:
   MAX SUSTAINED WINDS - 030 KT, GUSTS 040 KT
   REPEAT POSIT: 31.6N0 161.8E6
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   FORECASTS:
   12 HRS, VALID AT:
   140600Z1 --- 31.8N2 162.9E8
   MAX SUSTAINED WINDS - 030 KT, GUSTS 040 KT
   VECTOR TO 24 HR POSIT: 065 DEG/ 08 KTS
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   24 HRS, VALID AT:
   141800Z4 --- 32.5N0 164.6E7
   MAX SUSTAINED WINDS - 030 KT, GUSTS 040 KT
   VECTOR TO 36 HR POSIT: 070 DEG/ 09 KTS
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   36 HRS, VALID AT:
   150600Z2 --- 33.1N7 166.7E0
   MAX SUSTAINED WINDS - 030 KT, GUSTS 040 KT
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REMARKS:
132100Z7 POSITION 31.6N0  162.1E0
TROPICAL DEPRESSION 15W IS TRACKING EAST-NORTHEASTWARD AT
5 KNOTS. 15W HAS A CLEARLY DEFINED LOW-LEVEL CIRCULATION
WITH VERY LITTLE CENTRAL CONVECTION. TD 15W IS FORECAST
TO CONTINUE ON ITS EAST-NORTHEASTWARD TRACK. NEXT
WARNINGS AT 140900Z4 (DTG 140753Z0) AND 142100Z8 (DTG
141953Z3). MAXIMUM SIGNIFICANT WAVE HEIGHT AT 131800Z3
IS 10 FEET. REFER TO WWPW31 FOR ADDITIONAL SEA HEIGHT
INFORMATION. REFER TO TYPHOON KIRK (13W) (WTPN31 PGTW)
FOR SIX-HOURLY UPDATES AND TROPICAL DEPRESSION 16W
(WTPN33 PGTW) FOR TWELVE-HOURLY UPDATES. IF THE JOINT
TYPHOON WARNING CENTER ANTICIPATES THAT THIS TROPICAL
DEPRESSION WILL REACH TROPICAL STORM INTENSITY, THEN A
STANDARD 72 HOUR TROPICAL CYCLONE WARNING WILL BE ISSUED.
OTHERWISE, 36 HOUR TROPICAL DEPRESSION WARNINGS WILL BE
UPDATED EVERY 12 HOURS.//

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