WTPH20 RPMM 150600

TTT GALE WARNING 03



AT 0600 15 JANUARY TROPICAL STORM {MEKKHALA} (1501) WAS ESTIMATED

BASED ON ALL AVAILABLE DATA AT ONE ONE POINT SEVEN NORTH ONE THREE

THREE POINT FOUR EAST FORECAST TO MOVE WEST NORTHWEST AT ZERO FIVE

METERS PER SECOND ROUGH TO VERY ROUGH SEAS WITHIN ONE FIVE ZERO

KILOMETER RADIUS FROM THE CENTER ESTIMATED CENTRAL PRESSURE NINE

NINE SEVEN HECTOPASCALS MAXIMUM WINDS ONE EIGHT METERS PER SECOND

NEAR THE CENTER ONE THREE METERS PER SECOND WITHIN ONE FIVE ZERO

KILOMETER RADIUS FROM THE CENTER FORECAST POSITIONS AT 160600 ONE

TWO POINT THREE NORTH ONE TWO NINE POINT ZERO EAST AT 170600 ONE

THREE POINT THREE NORTH ONE TWO FIVE POINT SIX EAST AND AT 180600

ONE SIX POINT FIVE NORTH ONE TWO FOUR POINT ONE EAST ALL SHIPS

WITHIN STORM AREA ARE REQUESTED TO SEND THREE HOURLY WEATHER REPORT

TO PHILIPPINE

ATMOSPHERIC GEOPHYSICAL AND ASTRONOMICAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION PD



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