Subject: Pacific-NW: Marine Warning -130415 (AUTOMATIC)

From: Charley Kline <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 13 Aug 1996 04:15:06 -0500

ZCZC DD+ 32950
WTPN32 PGTW 130900
1. TROPICAL DEPRESSION 15W WARNING NR 003
   02 ACTIVE TROPICAL CYCLONES IN NORTHWESTPAC
   MAX SUSTAINED WINDS BASED ON ONE-MINUTE AVERAGE
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   WARNING POSITION:
   130600Z0 --- 32.0N5 160.5E2
     MOVEMENT PAST SIX HOURS - 165 DEGREES AT 03 KTS
     POSITION ACCURATE TO WITHIN 060 NM
     POSITION BASED ON CENTER LOCATED BY SATELLITE
   PRESENT WIND DISTRIBUTION:
   MAX SUSTAINED WINDS - 030 KT, GUSTS 040 KT
   REPEAT POSIT: 32.0N5 160.5E2
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   FORECASTS:
   12 HRS, VALID AT:
   131800Z3 --- 31.7N1 160.6E3
   MAX SUSTAINED WINDS - 030 KT, GUSTS 040 KT
   VECTOR TO 24 HR POSIT: 140 DEG/ 01 KTS
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   24 HRS, VALID AT:
   140600Z1 --- 31.5N9 160.8E5
   MAX SUSTAINED WINDS - 030 KT, GUSTS 040 KT
   VECTOR TO 36 HR POSIT: 090 DEG/ 01 KTS
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   36 HRS, VALID AT:
   141800Z4 --- 31.5N9 161.1E9
   MAX SUSTAINED WINDS - 030 KT, GUSTS 040 KT
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REMARKS:
130900Z3 POSITION 31.9N3  160.5E2
TROPICAL DEPRESSION 15W HAS DRIFTED SLOWLY SOUTHEAST OVER
THE PAST12 HOURS. SATELLITE IMAGERY INDICATES THIS SYSTEM
WHICH HAS DISPLAYED SUBTROPICAL SIGNS APPEARS TO
BEBECOMING MORE TROPICAL IN NATURE. VISIBLE IMAGERY
INDICATES A VERY WELL DEFINED LOW-LEVEL CIRCULATION, BUT
NO DEEP CONVECTION. NEXT WARNINGS AT 132100Z7 (DTG
131953Z2) AND 140900Z4 (DTG 140753Z0). 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. MAXIMUM SIGNIFICANT WAVE HEIGHT
AT 130600Z IS 10 FEET. REFER TO WWPW30 PGFW FOR
ADDITIONAL SEA HEIGHT INFORMATION. REFER TO TYPHOON KIRK
(13W) WARNINGS (WTPN31 PGTW) FOR SIX-HOURLY UPDATES.//

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