SUBJ: TROPICAL CYCLONE FINAL WARNING WTPN32 PGTW 012100 1. TROPICAL STORM 30W (XANGSANE) WARNING NR 030 02 ACTIVE TROPICAL CYCLONES IN NORTHWESTPAC MAX SUSTAINED WINDS BASED ON ONE-MINUTE AVERAGE --- WARNING POSITION: 011800Z0 --- NEAR 31.1N5 128.7E8 MOVEMENT PAST SIX HOURS - 050 DEGREES AT 37 KTS POSITION ACCURATE TO WITHIN 060 NM POSITION BASED ON CENTER LOCATED BY SATELLITE PRESENT WIND DISTRIBUTION: MAX SUSTAINED WINDS - 045 KT, GUSTS 055 KT EXTRATROPICAL REPEAT POSIT: 31.1N5 128.7E8 --- FORECASTS: 12 HRS, VALID AT: 020600Z8 --- 34.6N3 135.3E2 MAX SUSTAINED WINDS - 045 KT, GUSTS 055 KT EXTRATROPICAL VECTOR TO 24 HR POSIT: 060 DEG/ 32 KTS --- 24 HRS, VALID AT: 021800Z1 --- 37.5N5 142.3E0 MAX SUSTAINED WINDS - 035 KT, GUSTS 045 KT EXTRATROPICAL VECTOR TO 36 HR POSIT: 080 DEG/ 35 KTS --- 36 HRS, VALID AT: 030600Z9 --- 38.1N2 151.2E9 MAX SUSTAINED WINDS - 035 KT, GUSTS 045 KT EXTRATROPICAL --- REMARKS: 012100Z4 POSITION NEAR 32.0N5 130.4E8. TROPICAL STORM (TS) 30W (XANGSANE), LOCATED APPROXIMATELY 100 NM SOUTHWEST OF KYUSHU, JAPAN, HAS MOVED NORTHEAST AT 37 KNOTS DURING THE PAST 06 HOURS AND BECOME EXTRA-TROPICAL. THE WARNING POSITION IS BASED ON 011730Z2 INFRARED SATELLITE IMAGERY. THE WARNING INTENSITY IS BASED ON PERSISTENCE. ANIMATED INFRARED SATELLITE IMAGERY AND MICROWAVE IMAGERY DEPICT RAPIDLY WEAKENING CONVECTION SHEARED NORTHEAST OF THE LOW-LEVEL CIRCULATION CENTER (LLCC). SATELLITE IMAGERY ALSO INDICATES SIGNIFICANT ENTRAINMENT OF COOLER, DRIER AIR WITH AN EXTENSIVE STRATOCUMULUS FIELD SOUTHWEST TO NORTHWEST OF THE SYSTEM. SURFACE SYNOPTIC ANALYSIS INDICATES THAT SYSTEM IS NOW EXTRA-TROPICAL WITH FRONTAL CHARACTERISTICS, E.G., MODERATE COLD-AIR ADVECTION AND ISOTHERM PACKING, AND STRONG NORTHWESTERLY GALES DISPLACED SOUTHWEST OF THE LLCC. 500 MB ANALYSIS ALSO INDICATES A TROUGH STACKED NORTHWEST OF THE SYSTEM. THE SYSTEM IS FORECAST TO TRACK RAPIDLY NORTHEASTWARD BETWEEN THE SUB-TROPICAL RIDGE TO THE SOUTHEAST, AND THE MID-LATITUDE WESTERLIES. MAXIMUM SIGNIFICANT WAVE HEIGHT AT 011800Z0 IS 18 FEET. REFER TO WWPW31 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. REFER TO TROPICAL STORM 31W (BEBINCA) WARNINGS (WTPN31 PGTW) FOR SIX-HOURLY UPDATES.// BT #XXXX NNNN