WTPQ32 PGUM 151256 TCPPQ2 BULLETIN TROPICAL STORM CHAMPI (25W) INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY NUMBER 9A NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TIYAN GU WP252015 1100 PM CHST THU OCT 15 2015 ...TROPICAL STORM CHAMPI CONTINUING WEST-NORTHWEST... CHANGES WITH THIS ADVISORY -------------------------- NONE. WATCHES AND WARNINGS -------------------- A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ROTA...TINIAN... SAIPAN...ALAMAGAN...PAGAN AND AGRIHAN. TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS... INCLUDING DAMAGING WINDS OF 39 MPH OR GREATER...ARE EXPECTED WITHIN 12 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 24 HOURS. SUMMARY OF 1000 PM CHST...1200 UTC...INFORMATION ----------------------------------------------- LOCATION...16.3N 149.8E ABOUT 275 MILES EAST-SOUTHEAST OF ALAMAGAN ABOUT 280 MILES EAST-NORTHEAST OF SAIPAN ABOUT 290 MILES EAST-SOUTHEAST OF PAGAN ABOUT 295 MILES EAST-NORTHEAST OF TINIAN ABOUT 320 MILES EAST-SOUTHEAST OF AGRIHAN ABOUT 340 MILES EAST-NORTHEAST OF ROTA ABOUT 390 MILES EAST-NORTHEAST OF GUAM MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...60 MPH PRESENT MOVEMENT...WEST-NORTHWEST...300 DEGREES AT 17 MPH. DISCUSSION AND OUTLOOK ---------------------- AT 1000 PM CHST...1200 UTC...TROPICAL STORM CHAMPI WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 16.3 NORTH AND LONGITUDE 149.8 EAST. MOVEMENT IS TOWARD THE WEST-NORTHWEST AT 17 MPH. CHAMPI IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE WEST- NORTHWEST THE NEXT COUPLE DAYS WITH A GRADUAL SLOW DOWN IN FORWARD SPEED. THIS TRACK WOULD TAKE THE CENTER OF CHAMPI THROUGH THE NORTHERN MARIANAS NORTH OF 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. LATEST SATELLITE DATA INDICATE THAT TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 150 MILES SOUTH OF THE CENTER AND UP TO 115 MILES NORTH OF THE CENTER. NEXT ADVISORY ------------- THE NEXT SCHEDULED ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AT 200 AM FRIDAY MORNING FOLLOWED BY AN INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY AT 500 AM. $$ WILLIAMS