WTXS32 PGTW 060300 2004006 0238 MSGID/GENADMIN/NAVPACMETOCCEN PEARL HARBOR HI/JTWC// SUBJ/TROPICAL CYCLONE WARNING// RMKS/ 1. TROPICAL CYCLONE 08S (KEN) WARNING NR 017 01 ACTIVE TROPICAL CYCLONE IN SOUTHIO MAX SUSTAINED WINDS BASED ON ONE-MINUTE AVERAGE --- WARNING POSITION: 060000Z6 --- NEAR 21.3S6 113.9E4 MOVEMENT PAST SIX HOURS - 225 DEGREES AT 04 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 REPEAT POSIT: 21.3S6 113.9E4 --- FORECASTS: 12 HRS, VALID AT: 061200Z9 --- 22.0S4 113.3E8 MAX SUSTAINED WINDS - 025 KT, GUSTS 035 KT VECTOR TO 24 HR POSIT: 215 DEG/ 05 KTS --- 24 HRS, VALID AT: 070000Z7 --- 22.8S2 112.7E1 MAX SUSTAINED WINDS - 025 KT, GUSTS 035 KT DISSIPATING AS A SIGNIFICANT TROPICAL CYCLONE OVER WATER VECTOR TO 36 HR POSIT: 220 DEG/ 05 KTS --- 36 HRS, VALID AT: 071200Z0 --- 23.6S1 111.9E2 MAX SUSTAINED WINDS - 020 KT, GUSTS 030 KT DISSIPATED AS A SIGNIFICANT TROPICAL CYCLONE OVER WATER --- REMARKS: 060300Z9 POSITION NEAR 21.5S8 113.8E3. TROPICAL CYCLONE (TC) 08S (KEN), LOCATED APPROXIMATELY 60 NM NORTH OF LEARMONTH, AUSTRALIA, HAS TRACKED SOUTHWESTWARD AT 04 KNOTS OVER THE PAST SIX HOURS. THE WARNING POSITION IS BASED ON 052230Z2 MULTISPECTRAL SATELLITE IMAGERY. THE WARNING INTENSITY IS BASED ON SATELLITE CURRENT INTENSITY ESTIMATES OF 25 AND 30 KNOTS. TC 08S IS EXPECTED TO TRACK SOUTHWESTWARD ALONG THE PERIPHERY OF A LOW TO MID-LEVEL STEERING RIDGE TO THE SOUTHWEST. TC 08S IS FORECAST TO MAINTAIN ITS CURRENT INTENSITY THROUGH 24 HOURS AND THEN WEAKEN BY 36 HOURS AS IT ENCOUNTERS INCREASING VERTICAL WIND SHEAR. THE AVAILABLE DYNAMIC AIDS CONSIST OF NOGAPS, NCEP GFS, GFDN, AND UKMET (EGRR). THE FORECAST IS BASED ON A BLEND OF PERSISTENCE AND THE CONSENSUS OF THE AVAILABLE DYNAMIC MODELS. MAXIMUM SIGNIFICANT WAVE HEIGHT AT 060000Z6 IS 11 FEET. NEXT WARNINGS AT 061500Z2 AND 070300Z0.// wxtlist.k: done