WTPN52 PGTW 191500 WARNING ATCG MIL 23W NWP 121019124154 2012101912 23W MARIA 022 01 085 10 SATL 060 T000 314N 1598E 025 T012 314N 1614E 020 T024 317N 1626E 020 AMP 000HR DISSIPATING AS A SIGNIFICANT TROPICAL CYCLONE OVER WATER 012HR DISSIPATED AS A SIGNIFICANT TROPICAL CYCLONE OVER WATER 024HR DISSIPATED AS A SIGNIFICANT TROPICAL CYCLONE OVER WATER SUBJ: TROPICAL DEPRESSION 23W (MARIA) WARNING NR 022 1. TROPICAL DEPRESSION 23W (MARIA) WARNING NR 022 01 ACTIVE TROPICAL CYCLONE IN NORTHWESTPAC MAX SUSTAINED WINDS BASED ON ONE-MINUTE AVERAGE WIND RADII VALID OVER OPEN WATER ONLY --- WARNING POSITION: 191200Z --- NEAR 31.4N 159.8E MOVEMENT PAST SIX HOURS - 085 DEGREES AT 10 KTS POSITION ACCURATE TO WITHIN 060 NM POSITION BASED ON CENTER LOCATED BY SATELLITE PRESENT WIND DISTRIBUTION: MAX SUSTAINED WINDS - 025 KT, GUSTS 035 KT WIND RADII VALID OVER OPEN WATER ONLY DISSIPATING AS A SIGNIFICANT TROPICAL CYCLONE OVER WATER REPEAT POSIT: 31.4N 159.8E --- FORECASTS: 12 HRS, VALID AT: 200000Z --- 31.4N 161.4E MAX SUSTAINED WINDS - 020 KT, GUSTS 030 KT WIND RADII VALID OVER OPEN WATER ONLY DISSIPATED AS A SIGNIFICANT TROPICAL CYCLONE OVER WATER VECTOR TO 24 HR POSIT: 075 DEG/ 05 KTS --- 24 HRS, VALID AT: 201200Z --- 31.7N 162.6E MAX SUSTAINED WINDS - 020 KT, GUSTS 030 KT WIND RADII VALID OVER OPEN WATER ONLY DISSIPATED AS A SIGNIFICANT TROPICAL CYCLONE OVER WATER --- REMARKS: 191500Z POSITION NEAR 31.4N 160.2E. TROPICAL DEPRESSION 23W (MARIA), LOCATED APPROXIMATELY 820 NM NORTH- NORTHWEST OF WAKE ISLAND, HAS TRACKED EASTWARD AT 10 KNOTS OVER THE PAST SIX HOURS. ANIMATED INFRARED SATELLITE IMAGERY DEPICTS AN ELONGATED, DEFINED LOW-LEVEL CIRCULATION CENTER (LLCC) WITH NO ASSOCIATED DEEP CONVECTION. RECENT VISIBLE IMAGERY SHOWED THAT THE LLCC WAS PREDOMINANTLY CHARACTERIZED BY STRATOCUMULUS. RECENT MICROWAVE IMAGERY TO INCLUDE A 191032Z METOP-A INDICATED DRY AIR ENVELOPING THE ENTIRE SYSTEM AS WELL POORLY-DEFINED LOW-LEVEL BANDING. THE INITIAL INTENSITY IS BASED ON OBJECTIVE INTENSITY ESTIMATES OF 26 KNOTS AND RECENT SSMIS WIND ESTIMATES OF 20 TO 25 KNOTS. BASED ON THE SLOWLY WEAKENING LLCC AND MARGINAL UPPER- LEVEL ENVIRONMENT AS WELL AS COOL SST (24-25C), TD 23W IS FORECAST TO DISSIPATE WITHIN THE NEXT 12 HOURS WHILE TRACKING EASTWARD. THIS IS THE FINAL WARNING ON THIS SYSTEM BY THE JOINT TYPHOON WRNCEN PEARL HARBOR HI. THE SYSTEM WILL BE CLOSELY MONITORED FOR SIGNS OF REGENERATION. MAXIMUM SIGNIFICANT WAVE HEIGHT AT 191200Z IS 12 FEET.// 2312101306 174N1466E 15 2312101312 173N1459E 15 2312101318 173N1450E 20 2312101400 174N1440E 20 2312101406 175N1434E 30 2312101412 179N1428E 40 2312101418 186N1424E 45 2312101500 195N1421E 50 2312101506 209N1414E 50 2312101512 227N1411E 50 2312101518 245N1409E 50 2312101600 255N1407E 50 2312101606 268N1410E 55 2312101606 268N1410E 55 2312101612 277N1415E 55 2312101612 277N1415E 55 2312101618 285N1423E 55 2312101618 285N1423E 55 2312101700 289N1435E 55 2312101700 289N1435E 55 2312101706 295N1448E 50 2312101712 304N1463E 45 2312101718 313N1480E 45 2312101800 318N1503E 45 2312101806 322N1533E 40 2312101812 320N1549E 35 2312101818 314N1564E 35 2312101900 314N1576E 30 2312101906 313N1586E 30 2312101912 314N1598E 25