WTPQ32 PGUM 160108 TCPPQ2 BULLETIN TROPICAL STORM CHAMPI (25W) INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY NUMBER 11A NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TIYAN GU WP252015 1100 AM CHST FRI OCT 16 2015 ...CHAMPI CONTINUING WEST AND SLOWLY INTENSIFYING... 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 THROUGH LATE THIS EVENING. A TYPHOON WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR AGRIHAN...PAGAN AND ALAMAGAN. TYPHOON CONDITIONS...INCLUDING DESTRUCTIVE WINDS OF 74 MPH OR GREATER...ARE POSSIBLE WITHIN 12 HOURS. SUMMARY OF 1000 AM CHST...0000 UTC...INFORMATION ----------------------------------------------- LOCATION...15.8N 146.9E ABOUT 90 MILES EAST-NORTHEAST OF SAIPAN ABOUT 105 MILES EAST-NORTHEAST OF TINIAN ABOUT 145 MILES SOUTH-SOUTHEAST OF ALAMAGAN ABOUT 175 MILES SOUTH-SOUTHEAST OF PAGAN ABOUT 165 MILES NORTHEAST OF ROTA ABOUT 220 MILES SOUTH-SOUTHEAST OF AGRIHAN ABOUT 215 MILES NORTHEAST OF GUAM MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...70 MPH PRESENT MOVEMENT...WEST...265 DEGREES AT 18 MPH. DISCUSSION AND OUTLOOK ---------------------- AT 1000 AM CHST...0000 UTC...TROPICAL STORM CHAMPI WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 15.8 NORTH AND LONGITUDE 146.9 EAST. MOVEMENT IS TOWARD THE WEST AT 18 MPH. CHAMPI IS EXPECTED TO TURN TO THE WEST-NORTHWEST LATER TODAY WITH A GRADUAL REDUCTION IN FORWARD SPEED OVER THE WEEKEND. THIS TRACK TAKES THE CENTER OF CHAMPI THROUGH THE NORTHERN MARIANAS NEAR...OR JUST NORTH OF ANATAHAN THIS AFTERNOON. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS HAVE INCREASED TO 70 MPH. TROPICAL STORM CHAMPI IS EXPECTED TO INTENSIFY FURTHER THE NEXT FEW DAYS...AND IS FORECAST TO BECOME A TYPHOON LATER TODAY. LATEST SATELLITE DATA INDICATE THAT TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 195 MILES SOUTH OF THE CENTER AND UP TO 155 MILES NORTH OF THE CENTER. THE RADIUS OF TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS CONTINUES TO EXPAND SOUTH OF THE CENTER. NEXT ADVISORY ------------- THE NEXT SCHEDULED ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE THIS AFTERNOON AT 200 PM FOLLOWED BY AN INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY AT 500 PM. $$ M. AYDLETT