Subject: Pacific-NW: Marine Warning -250904 (AUTOMATIC)

From: Charley Kline <[email-masked]>
Date: Sun, 25 Aug 1996 09:04:59 -0500

ZCZC DD+ 109844
WTPN33 PGTW 251500
1. TROPICAL STORM PIPER (20W) WARNING NR 011
   DOWNGRADED FROM TYPHOON PIPER (20W)
   02 ACTIVE TROPICAL CYCLONES IN NORTHWESTPAC
   MAX SUSTAINED WINDS BASED ON ONE-MINUTE AVERAGE
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   WARNING POSITION:
   251200Z0 --- 36.4N3 158.5E9
     MOVEMENT PAST SIX HOURS - 355 DEGREES AT 11 KTS
     POSITION ACCURATE TO WITHIN 060 NM
     POSITION BASED ON CENTER LOCATED BY SATELLITE
   PRESENT WIND DISTRIBUTION:
   MAX SUSTAINED WINDS - 060 KT, GUSTS 075 KT
   RADIUS OF 050 KT WINDS - 020 NM
   RADIUS OF 035 KT WINDS - 070 NM EAST SEMICIRCLE
                            050 NM ELSEWHERE
   REPEAT POSIT: 36.4N3 158.5E9
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   FORECASTS:
   12 HRS, VALID AT:
   260000Z8 --- 38.7N8 158.3E7
   MAX SUSTAINED WINDS - 055 KT, GUSTS 070 KT
   BECOMING EXTRATROPICAL
   RADIUS OF 050 KT WINDS - 020 NM
   RADIUS OF 035 KT WINDS - 070 NM EAST SEMICIRCLE
                            050 NM ELSEWHERE
   VECTOR TO 24 HR POSIT: 005 DEG/ 13 KTS
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   24 HRS, VALID AT:
   261200Z1 --- 41.3N8 158.7E1
   MAX SUSTAINED WINDS - 045 KT, GUSTS 055 KT
   BECOMING EXTRATROPICAL
   RADIUS OF 050 KT WINDS - 015 NM
   RADIUS OF 035 KT WINDS - 065 NM EAST SEMICIRCLE
                            045 NM ELSEWHERE
   VECTOR TO 36 HR POSIT: 025 DEG/ 16 KTS
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   36 HRS, VALID AT:
   270000Z9 --- 44.1N9 160.6E3
   MAX SUSTAINED WINDS - 040 KT, GUSTS 050 KT
   EXTRATROPICAL
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REMARKS:
251500Z3 POSITION 37.0N0  158.5E9
TYPHOON PIPER (20W) HAS BEEN DOWNGRADED TO A TROPICAL
STORM. PIPER IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE WEAKENING SLOWLY AS
IT MOVES NORTHWARD AND MERGES WITH AN APPROACHING
MIDLATITUDE FRONTAL SYSTEM. PIPER (20W) IS EXPECTED TO
TRANSITION INTO AN EXTRATROPICAL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM BY
270000Z. NEXT WARNINGS AT 252100Z0 (DTG 251951Z3),
260300Z1 (DTG 260151Z5), 260900Z7 (DTG 260751Z1) AND
261500Z4 (DTG 261351Z8). MAXIMUM SIGNIFICANT WAVE HEIGHT
AT 251200Z IS 12 FEET. REFER TO WWPW31 PGFW FOR
ADDITIONAL SEA HEIGHT INFORMATION. REFER TO TYPHOON ORSON
(19W) (WTPN32 PGTW) FOR SIX-HOURLY UPDATES.//

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