WTPN32 PGTW 090900 MSGID/GENADMIN/NAVMARFCSTCEN PEARL HARBOR HI/JTWC// SUBJ/TROPICAL CYCLONE WARNING// RMKS/ 1. TROPICAL STORM 09W (MORAKOT) WARNING NR 023 03 ACTIVE TROPICAL CYCLONES IN NORTHWESTPAC MAX SUSTAINED WINDS BASED ON ONE-MINUTE AVERAGE WIND RADII VALID OVER OPEN WATER ONLY --- WARNING POSITION: 090600Z --- NEAR 26.3N 119.9E MOVEMENT PAST SIX HOURS - 360 DEGREES AT 07 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 - 125 NM NORTHEAST QUADRANT 075 NM SOUTHEAST QUADRANT 070 NM SOUTHWEST QUADRANT 080 NM NORTHWEST QUADRANT REPEAT POSIT: 26.3N 119.9E --- FORECASTS: 12 HRS, VALID AT: 091800Z --- 27.6N 119.9E MAX SUSTAINED WINDS - 035 KT, GUSTS 045 KT WIND RADII VALID OVER OPEN WATER ONLY DISSIPATING AS A SIGNIFICANT TROPICAL CYCLONE OVER LAND VECTOR TO 24 HR POSIT: 005 DEG/ 09 KTS --- 24 HRS, VALID AT: 100600Z --- 29.3N 120.0E MAX SUSTAINED WINDS - 025 KT, GUSTS 035 KT WIND RADII VALID OVER OPEN WATER ONLY DISSIPATING AS A SIGNIFICANT TROPICAL CYCLONE OVER LAND VECTOR TO 36 HR POSIT: 010 DEG/ 09 KTS --- 36 HRS, VALID AT: 101800Z --- 31.0N 120.3E MAX SUSTAINED WINDS - 020 KT, GUSTS 030 KT WIND RADII VALID OVER OPEN WATER ONLY DISSIPATED AS A SIGNIFICANT TROPICAL CYCLONE OVER LAND --- REMARKS: 090900Z POSITION NEAR 26.6N 119.9E. TROPICAL STORM 09W (MORAKOT) LOCATED APPROXIMATELY 115 NM NORTHWEST OF TAIPEI, TAIWAN HAS TRACKED NORTHWARD AT 07 KNOTS OVER THE PAST SIX HOURS. ANIMATED MULTISPECTRAL IMAGERY DEPICTS A BROAD CIRCULATION WITH LIMITED DEEP CONVECTION OVER THE LOW LEVEL CIRCULATION CENTER (LLCC). DEEP CONVECTION CONTINUES TO BE ASSOCIATED WITH UPSLOPE FLOW OVER LAND AND THERE ARE STILL ISOLATED POCKETS NEAR THE LLCC. THE SYSTEM IS TRACKING NORTHWARD INTO EASTERN CHINA ALONG THE WESTERN PERIPHERY OF THE SUBTROPICAL RIDGE TO THE NORTHEAST. AS IT MOVES OVER LAND, IT WILL QUICKLY DISSIPATE AND THE REMAINING ENERGY IS EXPECTED TO BECOME ABSORBED BY A PASSING MID-LATITUDE TROUGH. MAXIMUM SIGNIFICANT WAVE HEIGHT AT 090600Z IS 15 FEET. NEXT WARNINGS AT 091500Z, 092100Z, 100300Z AND 100900Z. REFER TO TROPICAL DEPRESSION 10W (TEN) WARNINGS (WTPN33 PGTW) FOR SIX-HOURLY UPDATES. // NNNN