WTPH20 RPMM 180000

T T T GALE WARNING 14



AT 0000 18 JANAURY TROPICAL STORM (MEKKHALA) (1501) WAS ESTIMATED

BASED ON ALL AVAILABLE DATA AT ONE THREE POINT SIX NORTH ONE TWO

THREE POINT EIGHT EAST FORECAST TO MOVE NORTHWEST AT ZERO FOUR

METERS PER SECOND ROUGH TO HIGH SEAS WITHIN TWO ZERO ZERO KILOMETER

RADIUS FROM THE CENTER NORTH SEMICIRCLE ONE FIVE ZERO KILOMETER

RADIUS ELSEWHERE ESTIMATED CENTRAL PRESSURE NINE NINE FOUR

HECTOPASCALS MAXIMUM WINDS TWO ONE METERS PER SECOND NEAR THE CENTER

ONE THREE METERS PER SECOND WITHIN TWO ZERO ZERO KILOMETER RADIUS

FROM THE CENTER NORTH SEMICIRCLE ONE FIVE ZERO KILOMETER RADIUS

ELSEWHERE FORECAST POSITIONS AT 190000 ONE SIX POINT NINE NORTH ONE

TWO TWO POINT SEVEN EAST 200000 TWO ZERO POINT ONE NORTH ONE TWO

FOUR POINT ONE EAST AND AT 210000 TWO THREE POINT ONE NORTH ONE TWO

FIVE POINT SEVEN EAST ALL SHIPS WITHIN STORM AREA ARE REQUESTED TO

SEND THREE HOURLY WEATHER REPORT TO PHILIPPINE ATMOSPHERIC

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