WTPN21 PGTW 102000 MSGID/GENADMIN/JOINT TYPHOON WRNCEN PEARL HARBOR HI// SUBJ/
TROPICAL CYCLONE FORMATION ALERT// REF/A/JOINT TYPHOON WRNCEN PEARL HARBOR HI/
102000Z AUG 17// AMPN/REF IS TROPICAL CYCLONE FORMATION ALERT (WTPN22 PGTW 102
000)// RMKS/
FORMATION OF A SIGNIFICANT TROPICAL CYCLONE IS POSSIBLE WITHIN 200 NM EITHER S
IDE OF A LINE FROM 15.6N 171.5E TO 21.9N 168.1E WITHIN THE NEXT 12 TO 24 HOURS
. AVAILABLE DATA DOES NOT JUSTIFY ISSUANCE OF NUMBERED TROPICAL CYCLONE WARNIN
GS AT THIS TIME. WINDS IN THE AREA ARE ESTIMATED TO BE 18 TO 23 KNOTS. METSAT
IMAGERY AT 101740Z INDICATES THAT A CIRCULATION CENTER IS LOCATED NEAR 16.3N 1
70.9E. THE SYSTEM IS MOVING NORTHWESTWARD AT 13 KNOTS.
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