Subject: Pacific-NW: Formation Alert -231522 (AUTOMATIC)

From: Charley Kline <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 23 Sep 1996 15:22:02 -0500

ZCZC DD+ 91945
WTPN22 PGTW 232030
SUBJ/TROPICAL CYCLONE FORMATION ALERT 232025Z SEP 96//
REF/A/RMG/NAVPACMETOCCEN WEST GU/230555Z SEP 96//
AMPN/REF IS TROPICAL CYCLONE FORMATION ALERT (WTPN22 PGTW
230600)//
RMKS/
1. FORMATION OF A SIGNIFICANT TROPICAL CYCLONE IS
POSSIBLE WITHIN 120 NM EITHER SIDE OF A LINE FROM 10.4N5
142.5E2 TO 15.0N6 136.0E0 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
231730Z INDICATES THAT A CIRCULATION CENTER IS LOCATED
NEAR 11.0N2 141.9E5.  THE SYSTEM IS MOVING WEST-
NORTHWESTWARD AT 17 KNOTS.
2. REMARKS:
THIS SUPERSEDES REF A.
THE TROPICAL DISTURBANCE LOCATED SOUTHWEST OF GUAM HAS
BEGUN TO MOVE MUCH QUICKER THAN ACCOUNTED FOR IN OUR
PREVIOUS TCFA. THE LOCATION OF OUR SATELLITE FIX
POSITIONS ARE ON THE EDGE OF OUR PREVIOUS TCFA BOX. THIS
TCFA IS RE-ISSUED TO ESTABLISH A NEW FORMATION ALERT BOX.
3. THIS ALERT VALID UNTIL 242030Z1.//

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