260300Z POSITION NEAR 31.5N 150.8E. TROPICAL DEPRESSION (TD) 09W (KULAP), LOCATED APPROXIMATELY 475 NM NORTH-NORTHWEST OF MINAMI TORI SHIMA, HAS TRACKED WEST- SOUTHWESTWARD AT 11 KNOTS OVER THE PAST SIX HOURS. ANIMATED MULTISPECTRAL SATELLITE IMAGERY DEPICTS A FULLY-EXPOSED, OBLONG LOW- LEVEL CIRCULATION CENTER (LLCC) WITH NO DEEP CONVECTION DUE TO STRONG NORTHERLY VERTICAL WIND SHEAR. A 252143Z AMSU 89GHZ IMAGE SHOWS AN ELONGATED LLCC WITH WEAK, SHALLOW BANDING. THE INITIAL INTENSITY IS ASSESSED AT 25 KNOTS BASED ON DVORAK ESTIMATES OF 25 KNOTS, CONSISTENT WITH THE WEAKENED LOW-LEVEL STRUCTURE. TD 09W IS FORECAST TO CONTINUE TRACKING AROUND THE OUTER PERIPHERY OF TY 07W AND IS FORECAST TO DISSIPATE BY TAU 12 AS IT CONTINUES TO INTERACT WEAKLY WITH TY NORU. 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 260000Z IS 8 FEET. REFER TO TYPHOON 07W (NORU) WARNINGS (WTPN31 PGTW) FOR SIX-HOURLY UPDATES. REFER TO TROPICAL DEPRESSION 11W (ELEVEN) WARNINGS (WTPN34 PGTW) FOR SIX-HOURLY UPDATES.