WTPQ32 PGUM 160704 TCPPQ2 BULLETIN TROPICAL STORM CHAMPI (25W) INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY NUMBER 12A NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TIYAN GU WP252015 500 PM CHST FRI OCT 16 2015 ...CHAMPI NOW NORTHWEST OF SAIPAN AND CONTINUES MOVING WEST... 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 MIDNIGHT. SUMMARY OF 400 PM CHST...0600 UTC...INFORMATION ----------------------------------------------- LOCATION...15.7N 144.8E ABOUT 220 MILES SOUTH-SOUTHWEST OF AGRIHAN ABOUT 180 MILES SOUTH-SOUTHWEST OF PAGAN ABOUT 155 MILES SOUTH-SOUTHWEST OF ALAMAGAN ABOUT 75 MILES NORTHWEST OF SAIPAN ABOUT 70 MILES NORTHWEST OF TINIAN ABOUT 115 MILES NORTH-NORTHWEST OF ROTA ABOUT 155 MILES NORTH OF GUAM MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...70 MPH PRESENT MOVEMENT...WEST...270 DEGREES AT 18 MPH. DISCUSSION AND OUTLOOK ---------------------- AT 400 PM CHST...0600 UTC...THE POSITION OF TROPICAL STORM CHAMPI WAS ESTIMATED BY RADAR AND SATELLITE DATA TO BE NEAR LATITUDE 15.7 NORTH AND LONGITUDE 144.8 EAST. MOVEMENT REMAINS TOWARD THE WEST AT 18 MPH. CHAMPI IS EXPECTED TO TURN WEST-NORTHWEST THIS EVENING WITH A GRADUAL REDUCTION IN FORWARD SPEED THE NEXT COUPLE DAYS. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS REMAIN 70 MPH. TROPICAL STORM CHAMPI IS EXPECTED TO INTENSIFY THE NEXT FEW DAYS...AND IS FORECAST TO BECOME A TYPHOON THIS EVENING OR OVERNIGHT. 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. NEXT ADVISORY ------------- THE NEXT SCHEDULED ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AT 800 PM FOLLOWED BY AN INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY AT 1100 PM. $$ M. AYDLETT