WTPN32 PGTW 180300 MSGID/GENADMIN/JOINT TYPHOON WRNCEN PEARL HARBOR HI// SUBJ/TROPICAL DEPRESSION 19W (CHANTHU) WARNING NR 048// RMKS/ 1. TROPICAL DEPRESSION 19W (CHANTHU) WARNING NR 048 01 ACTIVE TROPICAL CYCLONE IN NORTHWESTPAC MAX SUSTAINED WINDS BASED ON ONE-MINUTE AVERAGE WIND RADII VALID OVER OPEN WATER ONLY --- WARNING POSITION: 180000Z --- NEAR 34.1N 136.6E MOVEMENT PAST SIX HOURS - 085 DEGREES AT 19 KTS POSITION ACCURATE TO WITHIN 020 NM POSITION BASED ON CENTER LOCATED BY A COMBINATION OF SATELLITE, RADAR AND SYNOPTIC DATA PRESENT WIND DISTRIBUTION: MAX SUSTAINED WINDS - 025 KT, GUSTS 035 KT WIND RADII VALID OVER OPEN WATER ONLY BECOMING EXTRATROPICAL REPEAT POSIT: 34.1N 136.6E --- FORECASTS: 12 HRS, VALID AT: 181200Z --- 34.3N 139.9E MAX SUSTAINED WINDS - 025 KT, GUSTS 035 KT WIND RADII VALID OVER OPEN WATER ONLY EXTRATROPICAL VECTOR TO 24 HR POSIT: 085 DEG/ 10 KTS --- 24 HRS, VALID AT: 190000Z --- 34.4N 142.4E MAX SUSTAINED WINDS - 020 KT, GUSTS 030 KT WIND RADII VALID OVER OPEN WATER ONLY EXTRATROPICAL --- REMARKS: 180300Z POSITION NEAR 34.2N 137.4E. 18SEP21. TROPICAL DEPRESSION 19W (CHANTHU), LOCATED APPROXIMATELY 169 NM WEST-SOUTHWEST OF YOKOSUKA, JAPAN, HAS TRACKED EASTWARD AT 19 KNOTS OVER THE PAST SIX HOURS. ANIMATED MULTISPECTRAL SATELLITE IMAGERY SHOWS THE SYSTEM CONTINUED TO RAPIDLY WEAKEN AS THE ASSOCIATED CONVECTION HAVE BEECOME SHEARED AND FRAGMENTED. THE LOW LEVEL CIRCULATION HAS BEEN DIFFICULT TO LOCATE USING SATELLITE AND COMPOSITE RADAR IMAGERY. THE INITIAL POSITION, JUST OFFSHORE FROM SOUTHERN HONSHU, IS PLACED WITH MEDIUM CONFIDENCE BY EXTRAPOLATION FROM NEARBY SURFACE OBSERVATIONS, INCLUDING OWASE AND SHIONOMISAKI. THE INITIAL INTENSITY OF 25KTS IS ALSO EXTRAPOLATED FROM NEARBY WIND AND SEA LEVEL PRESSURE OBSERVATIONS AND SUPPORTED BY THE DVORAK ESTIMATE OF T1.5/25KTS FROM RJTD. TD 19W IS UNDERGOING EXTRA- TROPICAL TRANSITION AND WILL BECOME A COLD CORE LOW BY TAU 12 AS IT CONTINUES EASTWARD INTO THE PACIFIC OCEAN. 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 180000ZIS 10 FEET.// NNNN