Subject: Pacific-NW: Marine Warning -161533 (AUTOMATIC)

From: Charley Kline <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 16 Sep 1996 15:33:00 -0500

ZCZC DD+ 69200
WTPN31 PGTW 162100
1. TYPHOON TOM (25W) WARNING NR 021
   02 ACTIVE TROPICAL CYCLONES IN NORTHWESTPAC
   MAX SUSTAINED WINDS BASED ON ONE-MINUTE AVERAGE
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   WARNING POSITION:
   161800Z6 --- 23.0N5 147.1E3
     MOVEMENT PAST SIX HOURS - 055 DEGREES AT 07 KTS
     POSITION ACCURATE TO WITHIN 045 NM
     POSITION BASED ON CENTER LOCATED BY SATELLITE
   PRESENT WIND DISTRIBUTION:
   MAX SUSTAINED WINDS - 075 KT, GUSTS 090 KT
   RADIUS OF 050 KT WINDS - 070 NM SOUTHEAST SEMICIRCLE
                            045 NM ELSEWHERE
   RADIUS OF 035 KT WINDS - 265 NM SOUTHEAST SEMICIRCLE
                            190 NM ELSEWHERE
   REPEAT POSIT: 23.0N5 147.1E3
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   FORECASTS:
   12 HRS, VALID AT:
   170600Z4 --- 23.6N1 147.9E1
   MAX SUSTAINED WINDS - 075 KT, GUSTS 090 KT
   RADIUS OF 050 KT WINDS - 070 NM SOUTHEAST SEMICIRCLE
                            045 NM ELSEWHERE
   RADIUS OF 035 KT WINDS - 265 NM SOUTHEAST SEMICIRCLE
                            190 NM ELSEWHERE
   VECTOR TO 24 HR POSIT: 045 DEG/ 04 KTS
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   24 HRS, VALID AT:
   171800Z7 --- 24.2N8 148.6E9
   MAX SUSTAINED WINDS - 070 KT, GUSTS 085 KT
   RADIUS OF 050 KT WINDS - 060 NM SOUTHEAST SEMICIRCLE
                            040 NM ELSEWHERE
   RADIUS OF 035 KT WINDS - 255 NM SOUTHEAST SEMICIRCLE
                            180 NM ELSEWHERE
   VECTOR TO 36 HR POSIT: 060 DEG/ 05 KTS
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   36 HRS, VALID AT:
   180600Z5 --- 24.7N3 149.5E9
   MAX SUSTAINED WINDS - 060 KT, GUSTS 075 KT
   RADIUS OF 050 KT WINDS - 055 NM SOUTHEAST SEMICIRCLE
                            035 NM ELSEWHERE
   RADIUS OF 035 KT WINDS - 220 NM SOUTHEAST SEMICIRCLE
                            140 NM ELSEWHERE
   VECTOR TO 48 HR POSIT: 060 DEG/ 04 KTS
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   EXTENDED OUTLOOK:
   48 HRS, VALID AT:
   181800Z8 --- 25.1N8 150.3E9
   MAX SUSTAINED WINDS - 045 KT, GUSTS 055 KT
   BECOMING EXTRATROPICAL
   RADIUS OF 035 KT WINDS - 180 NM SOUTHEAST SEMICIRCLE
                            125 NM ELSEWHERE
   VECTOR TO 72 HR POSIT: 065 DEG/ 04 KTS
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   72 HRS, VALID AT:
   191800Z9 --- 25.7N4 151.8E5
   MAX SUSTAINED WINDS - 035 KT, GUSTS 045 KT
   BECOMING EXTRATROPICAL
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REMARKS:
162100Z0 POSITION 23.2N7  147.3E5
TYPHOON TOM (25W) IS MOVING NORTHEASTWARD AT APPROXIMATELY 07 KNOTS.
ENHANCED INFRARED SATELLITE IMAGERY INDICATES THIS SYSTEM SHOULD BEGI
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WEAKENING WITHIN THE NEXT 6 TO 12 HOURS. WARNING INTENSITY IS BASED O
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ENHANCED INFRARED IMAGERY ANALYSIS INDICATING 75 KNOTS
(DVORAK CI 4.5). WIND RADII ARE A BLEND OF SYNOPTIC DATA, MICROWAVE
IMAGER (SSM/I) DATA ANALYSIS PROVIDED BY AFGWC, AND SCATTEROMETRY.
NEXT WARNINGS AT 170300Z1 (DTG 170151Z5), 170900Z7 (DTG 170751Z1),
171500Z4 (DTG 171351Z8) AND 172100Z1 (DTG 171951Z4). MAXIMUM
SIGNIFICANT WAVE HEIGHT AT 161800Z6 IS 26 FEET. REFER TO WWPW31 PGFW
FOR ADDITIONAL SEA HEIGHT INFORMATION. REFER TO TYPHOON VIOLET (26W)
WARNINGS (WTPN33 PGTW) FOR SIX-HOURLY UPDATES.//

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