Subject: Pacific-NW: Marine Warning -261530 (AUTOMATIC)

From: Charley Kline <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 26 Sep 1996 15:30:56 -0500

ZCZC DD+ 50581
WTPN31 PGTW 262100
1. TYPHOON YATES (28W) WARNING NR 017
   02 ACTIVE TROPICAL CYCLONES IN NORTHWESTPAC
   MAX SUSTAINED WINDS BASED ON ONE-MINUTE AVERAGE
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   WARNING POSITION:
   261800Z7 --- 18.0N9 141.7E3
     MOVEMENT PAST SIX HOURS - 315 DEGREES AT 10 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 - 115 KT, GUSTS 140 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: 18.0N9 141.7E3
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   FORECASTS:
   12 HRS, VALID AT:
   270600Z5 --- 19.6N6 140.4E9
   MAX SUSTAINED WINDS - 110 KT, GUSTS 135 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: 345 DEG/ 08 KTS
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   24 HRS, VALID AT:
   271800Z8 --- 21.2N5 140.0E5
   MAX SUSTAINED WINDS - 105 KT, GUSTS 130 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: 360 DEG/ 08 KTS
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   36 HRS, VALID AT:
   280600Z6 --- 22.7N1 140.0E5
   MAX SUSTAINED WINDS - 100 KT, GUSTS 125 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: 020 DEG/ 09 KTS
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   EXTENDED OUTLOOK:
   48 HRS, VALID AT:
   281800Z9 --- 24.4N0 140.7E2
   MAX SUSTAINED WINDS - 095 KT, GUSTS 115 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: 035 DEG/ 11 KTS
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   72 HRS, VALID AT:
   291800Z0 --- 27.9N8 143.3E1
   MAX SUSTAINED WINDS - 085 KT, GUSTS 105 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:
262100Z1 POSITION 18.4N3  141.4E0
TYPHOON YATES (28W) IS TRACKING NORTHWESTWARD AT 10 KNOTS
WEST OF THE MARIANA ISLANDS. YATES IS FORECAST TO WEAKEN
THROUGHOUT THE FORECAST PERIOD. YATES HAS BEGUN
RECURVATURE AND IS FORECAST TO BEGIN TRACKING
NORTHEASTWARD BY THE 48 HOUR FORECAST POSITION. NEXT
WARNINGS AT 270300Z2 (DTG 270151Z6), 270900Z8 (DTG
270751Z2), 271500Z5 (DTG 271351Z9) AND 272100Z2 (DTG
271951Z5). MAXIMUM SIGNIFICANT WAVE HEIGHT AT 261800Z7 IS
28 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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