WTPQ32 PGUM 150313 TCPPQ2 BULLETIN TROPICAL STORM CHAMPI (25W) ADVISORY NUMBER 8 NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TIYAN GU WP252015 200 PM CHST THU OCT 15 2015 ...TROPICAL STORM CHAMPI HEADING TOWARD THE CNMI... CHANGES WITH THIS ADVISORY -------------------------- A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR ROTA...TINIAN... SAIPAN...ALAMAGAN...PAGAN AND AGRIHAN. WATCHES AND WARNINGS -------------------- A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR ROTA...TINIAN... SAIPAN...ALAMAGAN...PAGAN AND AGRIHAN. TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS... INCLUDING DAMAGING WINDS OF 39 MPH OR GREATER...ARE EXPECTED WITHIN 24 HOURS. A TYPHOON WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR AGRIHAN...PAGAN AND ALAMAGAN. TYPHOON CONDITIONS...INCLUDING DESTRUCTIVE WINDS OF 74 MPH OR GREATER...ARE POSSIBLE WITHIN 48 HOURS. SUMMARY OF 100 PM CHST...0300 UTC...INFORMATION ----------------------------------------------- LOCATION...15.5N 151.9E ABOUT 410 MILES EAST OF SAIPAN ABOUT 420 MILES EAST OF TINIAN ABOUT 460 MILES EAST-NORTHEAST OF ROTA ABOUT 425 MILES EAST-SOUTHEAST OF ALAMAGAN ABOUT 440 MILES EAST-SOUTHEAST OF PAGAN ABOUT 470 MILES EAST-SOUTHEAST OF AGRIHAN ABOUT 500 MILES EAST-NORTHEAST OF GUAM MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...60 MPH PRESENT MOVEMENT...WEST-NORTHWEST...285 DEGREES AT 13 MPH. DISCUSSION AND OUTLOOK ---------------------- AT 100 PM CHST...0300 UTC...TROPICAL STORM CHAMPI WAS CENTERED NEAR LATITUDE 15.5 NORTH AND LONGITUDE 151.9 EAST. MOVEMENT IS TOWARD THE WEST-NORTHWEST AT 13 MPH. CHAMPI IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE WEST-NORTHWEST THE NEXT COUPLE DAYS WITH LITTLE CHANGE IN FORWARD SPEED. THIS TRACK WOULD TAKE THE CENTER OF CHAMPI THROUGH THE NORTHERN MARIANAS NORTH OF SAIPAN AND NEAR ANATAHAN FRIDAY AFTERNOON. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS REMAIN AT 60 MPH. TROPICAL STORM CHAMPI IS FORECAST TO INTENSIFY THE NEXT FEW DAYS...AND COULD BECOME A TYPHOON DURING THE DAY FRIDAY. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 115 MILES SOUTH OF THE CENTER AND UP TO 140 MILES NORTH OF THE CENTER. NEXT ADVISORY ------------- AN INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AT 500 PM FOLLOWED BY THE NEXT SCHEDULED ADVISORY AT 800 PM. $$ M AYDLETT