WTPN31 PGTW 160300 MSGID/GENADMIN/NAVMARFCSTCEN PEARL HARBOR HI/JTWC// SUBJ/TROPICAL CYCLONE WARNING// RMKS/ 1. TROPICAL STORM 12W (VONGFONG) WARNING NR 006 01 ACTIVE TROPICAL CYCLONE IN NORTHWESTPAC MAX SUSTAINED WINDS BASED ON ONE-MINUTE AVERAGE --- WARNING POSITION: 160000Z --- NEAR 32.7N 140.6E MOVEMENT PAST SIX HOURS - 060 DEGREES AT 22 KTS POSITION ACCURATE TO WITHIN 060 NM POSITION BASED ON CENTER LOCATED BY SATELLITE PRESENT WIND DISTRIBUTION: MAX SUSTAINED WINDS - 040 KT, GUSTS 050 KT WIND RADII VALID OVER OPEN WATER ONLY RADIUS OF 034 KT WINDS - 055 NM NORTHEAST QUADRANT 060 NM SOUTHEAST QUADRANT 055 NM SOUTHWEST QUADRANT 050 NM NORTHWEST QUADRANT REPEAT POSIT: 32.7N 140.6E --- FORECASTS: 12 HRS, VALID AT: 161200Z --- 34.9N 145.3E MAX SUSTAINED WINDS - 035 KT, GUSTS 045 KT WIND RADII VALID OVER OPEN WATER ONLY BECOMING EXTRATROPICAL RADIUS OF 034 KT WINDS - 055 NM NORTHEAST QUADRANT 060 NM SOUTHEAST QUADRANT 050 NM SOUTHWEST QUADRANT 045 NM NORTHWEST QUADRANT VECTOR TO 24 HR POSIT: 060 DEG/ 25 KTS --- 24 HRS, VALID AT: 170000Z --- 37.4N 150.7E MAX SUSTAINED WINDS - 030 KT, GUSTS 040 KT WIND RADII VALID OVER OPEN WATER ONLY EXTRATROPICAL VECTOR TO 36 HR POSIT: 055 DEG/ 28 KTS --- 36 HRS, VALID AT: 171200Z --- 40.4N 156.8E MAX SUSTAINED WINDS - 025 KT, GUSTS 035 KT WIND RADII VALID OVER OPEN WATER ONLY EXTRATROPICAL --- REMARKS: 160300Z POSITION NEAR 33.3N 141.8E. TROPICAL STORM (TS) 12W (VONGFONG) LOCATED APPROXIMATELY 175 NM SOUTH-SOUTHEAST OF TOKYO, JAPAN, HAS TRACKED EAST-NORTHEASTWARD AT 22 KNOTS OVER THE PAST 06 HOURS. MAXIMUM SIGNIFICANT WAVE HEIGHT AT 160000Z IS 15 FEET. NEXT WARNINGS AT 160900Z, 161500Z, 162100Z AND 170300Z. // NNNN