Subject: Pacific-NW: Marine Warning -221454 (AUTOMATIC)

From: Charley Kline <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 22 Aug 1996 14:54:47 -0500

ZCZC DD+ 73333
WTPN31 PGTW 222100
1. TYPHOON NIKI (18W) WARNING NR 020
   02 ACTIVE TROPICAL CYCLONES IN NORTHWESTPAC
   MAX SUSTAINED WINDS BASED ON ONE-MINUTE AVERAGE
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   WARNING POSITION:
   221800Z3 --- 20.2N4 106.0E7
     MOVEMENT PAST SIX HOURS - 300 DEGREES AT 13 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 - 065 KT, GUSTS 080 KT
   RADIUS OF 050 KT WINDS - 040 NM OVER WATER
   RADIUS OF 035 KT WINDS - 110 NM NORTHEAST SEMICIRCLE
                                   OVER WATER
                            075 NM ELSEWHERE OVER WATER
   REPEAT POSIT: 20.2N4 106.0E7
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   FORECASTS:
   12 HRS, VALID AT:
   230600Z1 --- 21.0N3 103.2E6
   MAX SUSTAINED WINDS - 045 KT, GUSTS 055 KT
   DISSIPATING AS A SIGNIFICANT TROPICAL CYCLONE OVER
LAND
   RADIUS OF 035 KT WINDS - 065 NM NORTHEAST SEMICIRCLE
                                   OVER WATER
                            045 NM ELSEWHERE OVER WATER
   VECTOR TO 24 HR POSIT: 290 DEG/ 11 KTS
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   24 HRS, VALID AT:
   231800Z4 --- 21.8N1 100.9E0
   MAX SUSTAINED WINDS - 030 KT, GUSTS 040 KT
   DISSIPATING AS A SIGNIFICANT TROPICAL CYCLONE OVER
LAND
   VECTOR TO 36 HR POSIT: 285 DEG/ 10 KTS
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   36 HRS, VALID AT:
   240600Z2 --- 22.3N7 98.7E4
   MAX SUSTAINED WINDS - 025 KT, GUSTS 035 KT
   DISSIPATED AS A SIGNIFICANT TROPICAL CYCLONE OVER LAND
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REMARKS:
222100Z7 POSITION 20.4N6  105.3E9
TYPHOON NIKI (18W) HAS MADE LANDFALL IN NORTHERN VIETNAME
JUST SOUTH OF NAM DINH (WMO STN NO 48823). IT IS MOVING
WEST-NORTHWESTWARD AT APPROXIMATELY 13 KNOTS. THIS SYSTEM
SHOULD WEAKEN RAPIDLY OVERLAND. SATELLITE IMAGERY
INDICATES THE EYE OF TY NIKI HAS COLLAPSED. THE DEEPEST
CONVECTION LIES TO THE SOUTH OF THIS SYSTEM, WITH A
NARROW BAND OF CONVECTION TO THE NORTH. NEXT WARNINGS AT
230300Z8 (DTG 230153Z4), 230900Z4 (DTG 230753Z0),
231500Z1 (DTG 231353Z7) AND 232100Z8 (DTG 231953Z3).
REFER TO TROPICAL STORM ORSON (19W) WARNINGS (WTPN30
PGTW) FOR SIX-HOURLY UPDATES.//

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