WTPH20 RPMM 160600

TTT GALE WARNING 07



AT 0600 16 JANUARY TROPICAL STORM {MEKKHALA} (1501) WAS ESTIMATED

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

ZERO POINT ZERO EAST FORECAST TO MOVE WEST AT ZERO FOUR METER PER

SECOND ROUGH TO HIGH SEAS WITHIN ONE SEVEN FIVE KILOMETER RADIUS

FROM THE CENTER ESTIMATED CENTRAL PRESSURE NINE NINE FOUR

HECTOPASCALS MAXIMUM WINDS TWO ONE METERS PER SECOND NEAR THE CENTER

ONE THREE METERS PER SECOND WITHIN ONE SEVEN FIVE KILOMETER RADIUS

FROM THE CENTER FORECAST POSITIONS AT 170600 ONE TWO POINT ONE NORTH

ONE TWO SIX POINT SIX EAST AT 180600 ONE FOUR POINT ONE NORTH ONE

TWO THREE POINT EIGHT EAST AND AT 190600 ONE SEVEN POINT SEVEN NORTH

ONE TWO THREE POINT ZERO EAST ALL SHIPS WITHIN STORM AREA ARE

REQUESTED TO SEND THREE HOURLY WEATHER REPORT TO PHILIPPINE

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