WTPN34 PGTW 080900 1. TROPICAL STORM 02C (ELE) WARNING NR 053 01 ACTIVE TROPICAL CYCLONES IN NORTHWESTPAC MAX SUSTAINED WINDS BASED ON ONE-MINUTE AVERAGE --- WARNING POSITION: 080600Z4 --- NEAR 35.0N8 166.0E3 MOVEMENT PAST SIX HOURS - 320 DEGREES AT 06 KTS POSITION ACCURATE TO WITHIN 040 NM POSITION BASED ON CENTER LOCATED BY SATELLITE PRESENT WIND DISTRIBUTION: MAX SUSTAINED WINDS - 040 KT, GUSTS 050 KT DISSIPATING AS A SIGNIFICANT TROPICAL CYCLONE OVER WATER RADIUS OF 034 KT WINDS - 110 NM NORTHEAST QUADRANT 060 NM SOUTHEAST QUADRANT 060 NM SOUTHWEST QUADRANT 060 NM NORTHWEST QUADRANT REPEAT POSIT: 35.0N8 166.0E3 --- FORECASTS: 12 HRS, VALID AT: 081800Z7 --- 36.1N0 164.8E9 MAX SUSTAINED WINDS - 030 KT, GUSTS 040 KT DISSIPATING AS A SIGNIFICANT TROPICAL CYCLONE OVER WATER VECTOR TO 24 HR POSIT: 335 DEG/ 09 KTS --- 24 HRS, VALID AT: 090600Z5 --- 37.7N7 163.9E9 MAX SUSTAINED WINDS - 025 KT, GUSTS 035 KT DISSIPATING AS A SIGNIFICANT TROPICAL CYCLONE OVER WATER VECTOR TO 36 HR POSIT: 000 DEG/ 14 KTS --- 36 HRS, VALID AT: 091800Z8 --- 40.4N8 164.0E1 MAX SUSTAINED WINDS - 020 KT, GUSTS 030 KT DISSIPATED AS A SIGNIFICANT TROPICAL CYCLONE OVER WATER --- REMARKS: 080900Z7 POSITION NEAR 35.3N1 165.7E9. TROPICAL STORM (TS) 02C (ELE), LOCATED OVER THE NORTHWEST PACIFIC, HAS TRACKED NORTHWESTWARD AT 06 KNOTS OVER THE PAST 6 HOURS. THE WARNING POSITION IS BASED ON 080530Z6 VISIBLE AND ENHANCED INFRARED SATELLITE IMAGERY DEPICTING A FULLY EXPOSED LOW-LEVEL CIRCULATION CENTER (LLCC). THE WARNING INTENSITY IS BASED ON SATELLITE CURRENT INTENSITY ESTIMATES OF 35 KNOTS. A 080509Z2 TROPICAL RAINFALL MEASURING MISSION (TRMM) PASS AND ANIMATED MULTISPECTRAL IMAGERY DEPICT SOME INCREASE IN DEEP CONVECTION TO THE NORTHEAST OF THE LLCC. MAXIMUM SIGNIFICANT WAVE HEIGHT AT 080600Z4 IS 14 FEET. REFER TO WWPW30 RJTX FOR ADDITIONAL SEA HEIGHT INFORMATION. NEXT WARNINGS AT 081500Z4, 082100Z1, 090300Z2 AND 090900Z8.// NNNN