WTPQ31 PGUM 141545

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TROPICAL STORM KOPPU (24W) ADVISORY NUMBER 7

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TIYAN GU WP242015

200 AM CHST THU OCT 15 2015



...TROPICAL STORM KOPPU MOVING WESTWARD...



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...15.7N 133.1E



ABOUT 840 MILES WEST OF SAIPAN

ABOUT 795 MILES WEST-NORTHWEST OF GUAM

ABOUT 545 MILES NORTHWEST OF YAP



MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...50 MPH

PRESENT MOVEMENT...WEST...265 DEGREES AT 15 MPH



DISCUSSION AND OUTLOOK

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

NEAR LATITUDE 15.7 NORTH AND LONGITUDE 133.1 EAST. KOPPU IS MOVING

WEST AT 15 MPH. MOTION IN THIS GENERAL DIRECTION WITH A GRADUAL

DECREASE IN SPEED IS EXPECTED THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS.



MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS REMAIN 50 MPH. KOPPU IS STILL FORECAST TO

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

TONIGHT OR EARLY FRIDAY MORNING. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND

OUTWARD UP TO 125 MILES FROM THE CENTER.



NEXT ADVISORY

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THE NEXT SCHEDULED ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER

SERVICE ON THURSDAY MORNING AT 800 AM.



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