WTXS31 PGTW 081500 MSGID/GENADMIN/JOINT TYPHOON WRNCEN PEARL HARBOR HI// SUBJ/TROPICAL CYCLONE 08S (BATSIRAI) WARNING NR 026// RMKS/ 1. TROPICAL CYCLONE 08S (BATSIRAI) WARNING NR 026 01 ACTIVE TROPICAL CYCLONE IN SOUTHIO MAX SUSTAINED WINDS BASED ON ONE-MINUTE AVERAGE WIND RADII VALID OVER OPEN WATER ONLY --- WARNING POSITION: 081200Z --- NEAR 28.3S 41.8E MOVEMENT PAST SIX HOURS - 175 DEGREES AT 15 KTS POSITION ACCURATE TO WITHIN 025 NM POSITION BASED ON CENTER LOCATED BY SATELLITE PRESENT WIND DISTRIBUTION: MAX SUSTAINED WINDS - 035 KT, GUSTS 045 KT WIND RADII VALID OVER OPEN WATER ONLY SUBTROPICAL RADIUS OF 034 KT WINDS - 155 NM NORTHEAST QUADRANT 205 NM SOUTHEAST QUADRANT 150 NM SOUTHWEST QUADRANT 115 NM NORTHWEST QUADRANT REPEAT POSIT: 28.3S 41.8E --- FORECASTS: 12 HRS, VALID AT: 090000Z --- 31.4S 42.2E MAX SUSTAINED WINDS - 035 KT, GUSTS 045 KT WIND RADII VALID OVER OPEN WATER ONLY SUBTROPICAL RADIUS OF 034 KT WINDS - 250 NM NORTHEAST QUADRANT 270 NM SOUTHEAST QUADRANT 170 NM SOUTHWEST QUADRANT 130 NM NORTHWEST QUADRANT --- REMARKS: 081500Z POSITION NEAR 29.1S 41.9E. 08FEB22. TROPICAL CYCLONE 08S (BATSIRAI), LOCATED APPROXIMATELY 376 NM SOUTH-SOUTHEAST OF EUROPA ISLAND, HAS TRACKED SOUTHWARD AT 15 KNOTS OVER THE PAST SIX HOURS. ANIMATED MULTISPECTRAL SATELLITE IMAGERY (MSI) SHOWS THE BROAD AND RAGGED LOW LEVEL CIRCULATION (LLC) HAS BECOME FULLY EXPOSED AS THE CENTRAL CONVECTION HAS BECOME SHEARED 170 NM FROM THE LLC CENTER WHERE THE INITIAL POSITION IS PLACED WITH MEDIUM CONFIDENCE. THE INITIAL INTENSITY IS EXTRAPOLATED WITH MEDIUM CONFIDENCE FROM RECENT SCATTEROMETRY DATA. ANALYSIS INDICATES TC BATSIRAI HAS TRANSITIONED INTO A SUBTROPICAL SYSTEM WITH AN EXPANSIVE WIND FIELD. 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 081200Z IS 12 FEET.// NNNN