Subject: Pacific-NW: Marine Warning -121611 (AUTOMATIC)

From: Charley Kline <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 12 Sep 1996 16:11:55 -0500

ZCZC DD+ 24616
WTPN33 PGTW 122100
1. TROPICAL STORM VIOLET (26W) WARNING NR 003
   UPGRADED FROM TROPICAL DEPRESSION 26W
   03 ACTIVE TROPICAL CYCLONES IN NORTHWESTPAC
   MAX SUSTAINED WINDS BASED ON ONE-MINUTE AVERAGE
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   WARNING POSITION:
   121800Z2 --- 16.3N0 129.7E9
     MOVEMENT PAST SIX HOURS - 300 DEGREES AT 02 KTS
     POSITION ACCURATE TO WITHIN 060 NM
     POSITION BASED ON CENTER LOCATED BY A COMBINATION OF
     SATELLITE AND SYNOPTIC DATA
   PRESENT WIND DISTRIBUTION:
   MAX SUSTAINED WINDS - 035 KT, GUSTS 045 KT
   REPEAT POSIT: 16.3N0 129.7E9
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   FORECASTS:
   12 HRS, VALID AT:
   130600Z0 --- 16.6N3 129.6E8
   MAX SUSTAINED WINDS - 035 KT, GUSTS 045 KT
   VECTOR TO 24 HR POSIT: 360 DEG/ 02 KTS
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   24 HRS, VALID AT:
   131800Z3 --- 17.0N8 129.6E8
   MAX SUSTAINED WINDS - 040 KT, GUSTS 050 KT
   RADIUS OF 035 KT WINDS - 050 NM
   VECTOR TO 36 HR POSIT: 285 DEG/ 03 KTS
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   36 HRS, VALID AT:
   140600Z1 --- 17.2N0 128.9E0
   MAX SUSTAINED WINDS - 045 KT, GUSTS 055 KT
   RADIUS OF 035 KT WINDS - 055 NM
   VECTOR TO 48 HR POSIT: 285 DEG/ 03 KTS
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   EXTENDED OUTLOOK:
   48 HRS, VALID AT:
   141800Z4 --- 17.4N2 128.2E3
   MAX SUSTAINED WINDS - 050 KT, GUSTS 065 KT
   RADIUS OF 035 KT WINDS - 065 NM
   VECTOR TO 72 HR POSIT: 280 DEG/ 02 KTS
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   72 HRS, VALID AT:
   151800Z5 --- 17.6N4 127.2E2
   MAX SUSTAINED WINDS - 055 KT, GUSTS 070 KT
   RADIUS OF 050 KT WINDS - 025 NM
   RADIUS OF 035 KT WINDS - 075 NM
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REMARKS:
122100Z6 POSITION 16.4N1  129.7E9
TROPICAL STORM VIOLET (26W), UPGRADED FROM A TROPICAL
DEPRESSION, IS QUASI-STATIONARY WITH A WEST-NORTHWESTWARD
DRIFT OF 02 KNOTS. THE SYSTEM=S TRACK IS EXPECTED TO BE
SLOW. THE SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TO INTENSIFY.
NEXT WARNINGS AT 130300Z7 (DTG 130157Z7), 130900Z3 (DTG
130757Z3), 131500Z0 (DTG 131357Z0) AND 132100Z7 (DTG
131957Z6). MAXIMUM SIGNIFICANT WAVE HEIGHT AT 121800Z IS
10 FEET.  REFER TO WWPW31 PGFW FOR ADDITIONAL SEA
HEIGHT INFORMATION. REFER TO TROPICAL DEPRESSION 24W
(WTPN32 PGTW) FOR TWELVE-HOURLY UPDATES. REFER TO
TROPICAL STORM TOM (25W) (WTPN31 PGTW) FOR SIX-HOURLY
UPDATES.//

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