WTPS31 PGTW 030900 MSGID/GENADMIN/JOINT TYPHOON WRNCEN PEARL HARBOR HI// SUBJ/TROPICAL CYCLONE 15P (JUDY) WARNING NR 018// RMKS/ 1. TROPICAL CYCLONE 15P (JUDY) WARNING NR 018 02 ACTIVE TROPICAL CYCLONES IN SOUTHPAC MAX SUSTAINED WINDS BASED ON ONE-MINUTE AVERAGE WIND RADII VALID OVER OPEN WATER ONLY --- WARNING POSITION: 030600Z --- NEAR 26.1S 179.8E MOVEMENT PAST SIX HOURS - 105 DEGREES AT 26 KTS POSITION ACCURATE TO WITHIN 020 NM POSITION BASED ON CENTER LOCATED BY SATELLITE PRESENT WIND DISTRIBUTION: MAX SUSTAINED WINDS - 060 KT, GUSTS 075 KT WIND RADII VALID OVER OPEN WATER ONLY SUBTROPICAL RADIUS OF 050 KT WINDS - 075 NM NORTHEAST QUADRANT 085 NM SOUTHEAST QUADRANT 055 NM SOUTHWEST QUADRANT 050 NM NORTHWEST QUADRANT RADIUS OF 034 KT WINDS - 180 NM NORTHEAST QUADRANT 110 NM SOUTHEAST QUADRANT 105 NM SOUTHWEST QUADRANT 120 NM NORTHWEST QUADRANT REPEAT POSIT: 26.1S 179.8E --- FORECASTS: 12 HRS, VALID AT: 031800Z --- 27.6S 174.4W MAX SUSTAINED WINDS - 055 KT, GUSTS 070 KT WIND RADII VALID OVER OPEN WATER ONLY SUBTROPICAL RADIUS OF 050 KT WINDS - 070 NM NORTHEAST QUADRANT 020 NM SOUTHEAST QUADRANT 020 NM SOUTHWEST QUADRANT 060 NM NORTHWEST QUADRANT RADIUS OF 034 KT WINDS - 200 NM NORTHEAST QUADRANT 130 NM SOUTHEAST QUADRANT 100 NM SOUTHWEST QUADRANT 200 NM NORTHWEST QUADRANT --- REMARKS: 030900Z POSITION NEAR 26.5S 178.7W. 03MAR23. TROPICAL CYCLONE 15P (JUDY), LOCATED APPROXIMATELY 400 NM SOUTHWEST OF TONGA, HAS TRACKED EAST-SOUTHEASTWARD AT 26 KNOTS OVER THE PAST SIX HOURS. ANIMATED MULTISPECTRAL SATELLITE IMAGERY (MSI) SHOWS THE SYSTEM HAS RAPIDLY ERODED AS THE CENTRAL CONVECTION IS SEVERELY SHEARED SOUTHEASTWARD, PARTLY EXPOSING THE LOW LEVEL CIRCULATION. SIGNIFICANT EROSION ALONG THE WESTERN PERIPHERIES, CAUSED BY THE INTRUSION OF A MID-LATITUDE TROUGH FROM THE SOUTHWEST IS ALSO EVIDENT IN THE MSI LOOP. ANALYSIS INDICATES THE CYCLONE HAS TRANSFORMED INTO A SUBTROPICAL SYSTEM. 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 030600Z IS 35 FEET. REFER TO TROPICAL CYCLONE 16P (KEVIN) WARNINGS (WTPS32 PGTW) FOR SIX-HOURLY UPDATES.// NNNN