WTPQ32 PGUM 160920 TCPPQ2 BULLETIN TROPICAL STORM CHAMPI (25W) ADVISORY NUMBER 13 NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TIYAN GU WP252015 800 PM CHST FRI OCT 16 2015 ...CHAMPI MOVING AWAY FROM THE MARIANAS... CHANGES WITH THIS ADVISORY -------------------------- THE TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT FOR AGRIHAN... PAGAN AND ALAMAGAN ISLANDS. TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS ARE NO LONGER EXPECTED. WATCHES AND WARNINGS -------------------- A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ROTA...TINIAN AND SAIPAN. TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS...INCLUDING DAMAGING WINDS OF 39 MPH OR GREATER...ARE EXPECTED THROUGH MIDNIGHT. SUMMARY OF 700 PM CHST...0900 UTC...INFORMATION ----------------------------------------------- LOCATION...16.0N 144.1E ABOUT 120 MILES NORTHWEST OF TINIAN ABOUT 125 MILES WEST-NORTHWEST OF SAIPAN ABOUT 150 MILES NORTH-NORTHWEST OF ROTA ABOUT 165 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ALAMAGAN ABOUT 185 MILES SOUTHWEST OF PAGAN ABOUT 180 MILES NORTH-NORTHWEST OF GUAM ABOUT 220 MILES SOUTH-SOUTHWEST OF AGRIHAN MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...70 MPH PRESENT MOVEMENT...WEST...270 DEGREES AT 20 MPH. DISCUSSION AND OUTLOOK ---------------------- AT 700 PM CHST...0900 UTC...THE POSITION OF TROPICAL STORM CHAMPI WAS ESTIMATED BY SATELLITE TO BE NEAR LATITUDE 16.0 NORTH AND LONGITUDE 144.1 EAST. CHAMPI IS MOVING WEST AT 20 MPH AND IS EXPECTED TO TURN WEST-NORTHWEST TONIGHT WITH A GRADUAL DECREASE IN FORWARD SPEED OVER THE WEEKEND. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS REMAIN 70 MPH. TROPICAL STORM CHAMPI IS EXPECTED TO INTENSIFY THE NEXT FEW DAYS...AND IS FORECAST TO BECOME A TYPHOON TONIGHT. SATELLITE DATA INDICATE THAT TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 150 MILES FROM THE CENTER. NEXT ADVISORY ------------- AN INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AT 1100 PM FOLLOWED BY THE NEXT SCHEDULED ADVISORY AT 200 AM EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. $$ WILLIAMS