WTPH20 RPMM 121800

TTT STORM WARNING 06



AT 1800 12 DECEMBER SEVERE TROPICAL STORM {MELOR} (1527) UPGRADED

FROM TROPICAL STORM WAS ESTIMATED BASED ON ALL AVAILABLE DATA AT ONE

ONE POINT FIVE NORTH ONE THREE ONE POINT TWO EAST FORECAST TO MOVE

WEST NORTHWEST AT ZERO FIVE METERS PER SECOND ROUGH TO HIGH SEAS

WITHIN ONE SEVEN FIVE KILOMETER RADIUS FROM THE CENTER ESTIMATED

CENTRAL PRESSURE NINE EIGHT SEVEN HECTOPASCALS MAXIMUM WINDS TWO SIX

METERS PER SECOND NEAR THE CENTER FORECAST POSITIONS AT 131800 ONE

TWO POINT FOUR NORTH ONE TWO SIX POINT NINE EAST AT 141800 ONE TWO

POINT SIX NORTH ONE TWO THREE POINT FOUR EAST AT 151800 ONE TWO

POINT SIX NORTH ONE TWO ZERO POINT THREE EAST AT 161800 ONE TWO

POINT FIVE NORTH ONE ONE SEVEN POINT SEVEN EAST AND AT 171800 ONE

ONE POINT NINE NORTH ONE ONE FIVE  POINT ONE EAST ALL SHIPS WITHIN

STORM AREA ARE REQUESTED TO SEND THREE HOURLY WEATHER REPORT TO

PHILIPPINE ATMOSPHERIC GEOPHYSICAL AND ASTRONOMICAL SERVICES

ADMINISTRATION PD



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