WTPQ31 PGUM 131528

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TROPICAL STORM KOPPU (24W) ADVISORY NUMBER 3

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TIYAN GU WP242015

200 AM CHST TUE OCT 13 2015



...24W IS NOW TROPICAL STORM KOPPU...



CHANGES WITH THIS ADVISORY

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NONE.



WATCHES AND WARNINGS

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NONE.



SUMMARY OF 100 AM CHST...1500 UTC...INFORMATION

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LOCATION...15.8N 138.1E



ABOUT 510 MILES WEST OF SAIPAN

ABOUT 475 MILES WEST-NORTHWEST OF GUAM



MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...40 MPH

PRESENT MOVEMENT...WEST...275 DEGREES AT 13 MPH



DISCUSSION AND OUTLOOK

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AT 100 AM CHST...1500 UTC...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM KOPPU WAS

LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 15.8 NORTH AND LONGITUDE 138.1 EAST. KOPPU HAS

SLOWED DOWN CONSIDERABLY...AND IS NOW MOVING WEST AT 13 MPH. THIS

WESTWARD MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS...

TAKING TROPICAL STORM KOPPU ACROSS THE PHILIPPINE SEA.



MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS HAVE INCREASED TO 40 MPH. KOPPU IS FORECAST

TO INTENSIFY THE NEXT FEW DAYS...POSSIBLY BECOMING A TYPHOON LATE

THURSDAY. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUT TO ABOUT 60 MILES

FROM THE CENTER...MAINLY TO THE SOUTH.



NEXT ADVISORY

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THE NEXT SCHEDULED ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER

SERVICE AT 800 AM THIS MORNING.



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MIDDLEBROOKE