SUBJ: TROPICAL CYCLONE WARNING WTPN31 PGTW 300900 1. TROPICAL DEPRESSION 27W WARNING NR 007 01 ACTIVE TROPICAL CYCLONE IN NORTHWESTPAC MAX SUSTAINED WINDS BASED ON ONE-MINUTE AVERAGE --- WARNING POSITION: 300600Z9 --- NEAR 29.4N5 167.9E3 MOVEMENT PAST SIX HOURS - 065 DEGREES AT 05 KTS POSITION ACCURATE TO WITHIN 040 NM POSITION BASED ON CENTER LOCATED BY SATELLITE PRESENT WIND DISTRIBUTION: MAX SUSTAINED WINDS - 025 KT, GUSTS 035 KT EXTRATROPICAL REPEAT POSIT: 29.4N5 167.9E3 --- FORECASTS: 12 HRS, VALID AT: 301800Z2 --- 30.2N5 168.7E2 MAX SUSTAINED WINDS - 025 KT, GUSTS 035 KT EXTRATROPICAL VECTOR TO 24 HR POSIT: 020 DEG/ 08 KTS --- 24 HRS, VALID AT: 010600Z7 --- 31.7N1 169.3E9 MAX SUSTAINED WINDS - 025 KT, GUSTS 035 KT EXTRATROPICAL VECTOR TO 36 HR POSIT: 040 DEG/ 07 KTS --- 36 HRS, VALID AT: 011800Z0 --- 32.7N2 170.3E1 MAX SUSTAINED WINDS - 020 KT, GUSTS 030 KT EXTRATROPICAL --- REMARKS: 300900Z2 POSITION NEAR 29.6N7 168.1E6. TROPICAL DEPRESSION (TD) 27W, LOCATED APPROXIMATELY 610 NM NORTH OF WAKE ISLAND, HAS TRACKED NORTHEASTWARD AT 05 KNOTS DURING THE PAST 6 HOURS. THE WARNING POSITION IS BASED ON 300530Z1 VISIBLE SATELLITE IMAGERY. THE WARNING INTENSITY IS BASED ON SATELLITE CURRENT INTENSITY ESTIMATES OF 25 AND 30 KNOTS. ANIMATED VISIBLE AND WATER VAPOR IMAGERY DEPICT THAT COLD AIR AND VERTICAL WIND SHEAR ASSOCIATED WITH A MID-LATITUDE TROUGH HAVE INFLUENCED TD 27W TO BECOME AN EXTRA-TROPICAL SYSTEM. VISIBLE IMAGERY SHOWS AN ASYMMETRIC APPEARANCE OF THE CLOUD PATTERN AND A VIRTUAL DISSIPATION OF THE DEEP CONVECTION OVER THE SOUTHERN AND WESTERN QUADRANTS. THE LOW- LEVEL CIRCULATION CENTER (LLCC) HAS ALSO BECOME FULLY EXPOSED. OPEN- CELL CUMULUS IS OBSERVED JUST TO THE WEST OF THE LLCC. WATER VAPOR IMAGERY AND ANALYSIS REVEAL THAT THE EXTRA-TROPICAL LOW IS EMBEDDED IN COLD DRY AIR ASSOCIATED WITH THE BAROCLINIC SYSTEM. TD 27W SHOULD TRACK GENERALLY NORTHEASTWARD THROUGH THE PERIOD. MAXIMUM SIGNIFICANT WAVE HEIGHT AT 300600Z9 IS 12 FEET. REFER TO WWPW30 RJTX FOR ADDITIONAL SEA HEIGHT INFORMATION. THIS IS THE FINAL WARNING ON THIS SYSTEM BY THE JOINT TYPHOON WARNING CENTER (NAVPACMETOCCEN). THE SYSTEM WILL BE CLOSELY MONITORED FOR SIGNS OF REGENERATION.// NNNN