WTPN31 PGTW 071500 SUBJ: TROPICAL CYCLONE WARNING 1. TROPICAL DEPRESSION 07W WARNING NR 007 01 ACTIVE TROPICAL CYCLONE IN NORTHWESTPAC MAX SUSTAINED WINDS BASED ON ONE-MINUTE AVERAGE --- WARNING POSITION: 071200Z0 --- NEAR 21.0N3 120.2E5 MOVEMENT PAST SIX HOURS - 070 DEGREES AT 13 KTS POSITION ACCURATE TO WITHIN 060 NM POSITION BASED ON CENTER LOCATED BY SATELLITE PRESENT WIND DISTRIBUTION: MAX SUSTAINED WINDS - 030 KT, GUSTS 040 KT REPEAT POSIT: 21.0N3 120.2E5 --- FORECASTS: 12 HRS, VALID AT: 080000Z8 --- 21.3N6 121.4E8 MAX SUSTAINED WINDS - 030 KT, GUSTS 040 KT VECTOR TO 24 HR POSIT: 065 DEG/ 07 KTS --- 24 HRS, VALID AT: 081200Z1 --- 21.9N2 122.7E2 MAX SUSTAINED WINDS - 030 KT, GUSTS 040 KT VECTOR TO 36 HR POSIT: 045 DEG/ 06 KTS --- 36 HRS, VALID AT: 090000Z9 --- 22.7N1 123.6E2 MAX SUSTAINED WINDS - 025 KT, GUSTS 035 KT DISSIPATING AS A SIGNIFICANT TROPICAL CYCLONE OVER WATER VECTOR TO 48 HR POSIT: 045 DEG/ 07 KTS --- EXTENDED OUTLOOK: 48 HRS, VALID AT: 091200Z2 --- 23.7N2 124.7E4 MAX SUSTAINED WINDS - 025 KT, GUSTS 035 KT DISSIPATING AS A SIGNIFICANT TROPICAL CYCLONE OVER WATER VECTOR TO 72 HR POSIT: 030 DEG/ 07 KTS --- 72 HRS, VALID AT: 101200Z4 --- 26.1N9 126.4E3 MAX SUSTAINED WINDS - 020 KT, GUSTS 030 KT DISSIPATED AS A SIGNIFICANT TROPICAL CYCLONE OVER WATER --- REMARKS: 071500Z3 POSITION NEAR 21.1N4 120.5E8. TROPICAL DEPRESSION (TD) 07W, LOCATED APPROXIMATELY 65 NM SOUTH OF TAIWAN, HAS TRACKED EAST-NORTHEASTWARD AT 13 KNOTS OVER THE PAST 6 HOURS. THE WARNING POSITION IS BASED ON A 071201Z1 SPECIAL SENSOR MICROWAVE IMAGE (SSMI) PASS AND 071130Z2 INFRARED SATELLITE IMAGERY. THE WARNING INTENSITY IS BASED ON SATELLITE CURRENT INTENSITY ESTIMATES OF 30 TO 35 KTS. ANIMATED SATELLITE IMAGERY REVEALS CYCLING DEEP CONVECTION MAINLY EAST-SOUTHEAST OF THE LOW LEVEL CIRCULATION CENTER (LLCC). THE SSMI AND RECENT TROPICAL RAINFALL MEASUREMENT MISSION (TRMM) PASSES INDICATE THAT THE LLCC CONTINUES TO BE BROAD, BUT HAS IMPROVED ORGANIZATION OVER THE PAST 12 HOURS. MAXIMUM SIGNIFICANT WAVE HEIGHT AT 071200Z0 IS 12 FEET. REFER TO WWPW31 RJTX FOR ADDITIONAL SEA HEIGHT INFORMATION. NEXT WARNINGS AT 072100Z0, 080300Z1, 080900Z7 AND 081500Z4.// NNNN