SUBJ: TROPICAL DEPRESSION 29W (TWENTYNINE) WARNING NR 002 WTPN32 PGTW 170300 1. TROPICAL DEPRESSION 29W (TWENTYNINE) WARNING NR 002 02 ACTIVE TROPICAL CYCLONES IN NORTHWESTPAC MAX SUSTAINED WINDS BASED ON ONE-MINUTE AVERAGE WIND RADII VALID OVER OPEN WATER ONLY --- WARNING POSITION: 170000Z --- NEAR 4.2N 103.0E MOVEMENT PAST SIX HOURS - 270 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 LAND REPEAT POSIT: 4.2N 103.0E --- FORECASTS: 12 HRS, VALID AT: 171200Z --- 4.1N 102.2E MAX SUSTAINED WINDS - 020 KT, GUSTS 030 KT WIND RADII VALID OVER OPEN WATER ONLY DISSIPATING AS A SIGNIFICANT TROPICAL CYCLONE OVER LAND VECTOR TO 24 HR POSIT: 260 DEG/ 05 KTS --- 24 HRS, VALID AT: 180000Z --- 3.9N 101.2E MAX SUSTAINED WINDS - 020 KT, GUSTS 030 KT WIND RADII VALID OVER OPEN WATER ONLY DISSIPATED AS A SIGNIFICANT TROPICAL CYCLONE OVER LAND --- REMARKS: 170300Z POSITION NEAR 4.2N 102.8E. 17DEC21. TROPICAL DEPRESSION 29W (TWENTYNINE), LOCATED APPROXIMATELY 190 NM NORTH-NORTHWEST OF SINGAPORE, HAS TRACKED WESTWARD AT 10 KNOTS OVER THE PAST SIX HOURS. 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 170000Z IS 12 FEET. ANIMATED VISIBLE IMAGERY, RADAR DATA FROM THE MALAYSIA RADAR NETWORK AND SURFACE OBSERVATIONS FROM KUANTAN, MALAYSIS, INDICATE THAT TD 28W MADE LANDFALL JUST NORTH OF KUANAN NEAR THE 162300Z HOUR AND HAS CONTINUED TO MOVE INLAND. THE ADVANCED DVORAK TECHNIQUE (ADT) AND SATCON ESTIMATES PRIOR TO LANDFALL WERE AS HIGH AS T2.5, INDICATING THAT THE SYSTEM LIKELY BRIEFLY REACHED AT LEAST 30 KNOTS PRIOR TO LANDFALL. HOWEVER NOW THAT THE SYSTEM IS OVER LAND, IT IS ALREADY STARTING TO WEAKEN AND WILL DISSIPATE AS A TROPICAL CYCLONE OVER LAND WITHIN THE NEXT 12 TO 24 PRIOR TO REACHING THE WEST COAST OF MALAYSIA. IT IS LIKELY THAT A WEAK, REMNANT CIRCULATION WILL MOVE OFF THE WEST COAST, BUT IT IS NOT EXPECTED TO REDEVELOP AT THIS TIME. REFER TO TYPHOON 28W (RAI) WARNINGS (WTPN31 PGTW) FOR SIX-HOURLY UPDATES.// BT #0001 NNNN