WTPH20 RPMM 171200

TTT GALE WARNING 12



AT 1200 17 JANUARY TROPICAL STORM {MEKKHALA} (1501) DOWNGRADED FROM

SEVERE TROPICAL STORM WAS ESTIMATED BASED ON ALL AVAILABLE DATA AT

ONE TWO POINT FOUR NORTH ONE TWO FIVE POINT ONE EAST FORECAST TO

MOVE NORTHWEST AT ZERO FOUR METERS PER SECOND ROUGH TO HIGH  SEAS

WITHIN TWO ZERO ZERO KILOMETER RADIUS FROM THE CENTER ESTIMATED

CENTRAL PRESSURE NINE NINE ONE FOUR HECTOPASCALS MAXIMUM WINDS TWO

THREE METERS PER SECOND NEAR THE CENTER ONE THREE METERS PER SECOND

WITHIN TWO ZERO ZERO KILOMETER RADIUS FROM THE CENTER FORECAST

POSITIONS AT 181200 ONE FIVE POINT ZERO NORTH ONE TWO TWO POINT

SEVEN EAST AT 191200 ONE EIGHT POINT SIX NORTH ONE TWO TWO POINT

SEVEN EAST AND AT 201200 TWO ONE POINT ONE NORTH ONE TWO FOUR POINT

FOUR 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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