WTPN32 PGTW 160300 MSGID/GENADMIN/JOINT TYPHOON WRNCEN PEARL HARBOR HI// SUBJ/TROPICAL DEPRESSION 05E (DORA) WARNING NR 063 // RMKS/ 1. TROPICAL DEPRESSION 05E (DORA) WARNING NR 063 02 ACTIVE TROPICAL CYCLONES IN NORTHWESTPAC MAX SUSTAINED WINDS BASED ON ONE-MINUTE AVERAGE WIND RADII VALID OVER OPEN WATER ONLY --- WARNING POSITION: 160000Z --- NEAR 24.5N 168.4E MOVEMENT PAST SIX HOURS - 360 DEGREES AT 06 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: 24.5N 168.4E --- FORECASTS: 12 HRS, VALID AT: 161200Z --- 26.4N 168.4E 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: 340 DEG/ 08 KTS --- 24 HRS, VALID AT: 170000Z --- 27.9N 167.8E MAX SUSTAINED WINDS - 020 KT, GUSTS 030 KT WIND RADII VALID OVER OPEN WATER ONLY DISSIPATED AS A SIGNIFICANT TROPICAL CYCLONE OVER WATER --- REMARKS: 160300Z POSITION NEAR 25.0N 168.4E. 16AUG23. TROPICAL DEPRESSION 05E (DORA), LOCATED APPROXIMATELY 329 NM NORTH-NORTHEAST OF WAKE ISLAND, HAS TRACKED NORTHWARD AT 06 KNOTS OVER THE PAST SIX HOURS. ANIMATED MULTI-SPECTRAL SATELLITE IMAGERY (MSI) DEPICTS A FRACTURED SYSTEM, WITH A FULLY EXPOSED, EXTREMELY BROAD AND VERY WEAK LOW LEVEL CIRCULATION CENTER (LLCC). FRAGMENTED WEAK CONVECTION CONTINUES TO FIRE OVER THE EASTERN PERIPHERY BUT REMAINS HIGHLY DISORGANIZED. A 152242Z ASCAT-B PARTIAL PASS SHOWED PATCHES OF 25 KNOT WINDS ALONG THE FAR EASTERN PERIPHERY OF THE SYSTEM. ANIMATED WATER VAPOR IMAGERY SHOWS A STRONG TUTT-CELL CONTINUES TO MOVE SOUTHEASTWARD INTO A POSITION EVEN CLOSER TO TD 05E THAN THE PREVIOUS WARNING. STRONG NORTHWESTERLY FLOW ON THE BACKSIDE OF THIS TUTT-CELL IS PLUNGING LIKE A KNIFE RIGHT INTO THE HEART OF TD 05E, USHERING IN DRY, SUBSIDENT FLOW OVER TOP OF THE LLCC. WITH NO MAJOR CHANGE EXPECTED IN THE TD-TUTT RELATIONSHIP IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS, THERE IS MINIMAL CHANCE FOR TD 05E TO RECOVER. HENCE, THE SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO DRIFT SLOWLY NORTHWARD WHILE THE WINDS SLOWLY WIND DOWN TO LESS THAN WARNING CRITERIA. 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. MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE AT 160000Z IS 1008MB. MAXIMUM SIGNIFICANT WAVE HEIGHT AT 160000Z IS 12 FEET. REFER TO TROPICAL STORM 07W (LAN) WARNINGS (WTPN31 PGTW) FOR SIX-HOURLY UPDATES. // NNNN