WTPQ31 PGUM 130322 TCPPQ1 BULLETIN TYPHOON MELOR ADVISORY NUMBER 7 NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TIYAN GU WP282015 114 PM CHST SUN DEC 13 2015 ...TROPICAL STORM MELOR UPGRADED TO TYPHOON... CHANGES WITH THIS ADVISORY -------------------------- NONE. WATCHES AND WARNINGS -------------------- NONE. SUMMARY OF 100 PM CHST...0300 UTC...INFORMATION ---------------------------------------------- LOCATION...12.0N 129.7E ABOUT 595 MILES WEST-NORTHWEST OF YAP ABOUT 435 MILES NORTHWEST OF KAYANGEL ABOUT 455 MILES NORTHWEST OF KOROR ABOUT 1020 MILES WEST OF GUAM MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...85 MPH PRESENT MOVEMENT...WEST-NORTHWEST...290 DEGREES AT 13 MPH DISCUSSION AND OUTLOOK ---------------------- AT 100 PM CHST...0300 UTC...THE CENTER OF MELOR WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 12.0 NORTH AND LONGITUDE 129.7 EAST. MELOR IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST-NORTHWEST AT 13 MPH. THIS GENERAL WEST-NORTHWEST MOVEMENT IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT FEW DAYS...BRINGING MELOR NEAR THE CENTRAL PHILIPPINES MONDAY AND TUESDAY. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS HAVE INCREASED TO 85 MPH. MELOR IS EXPECTED TO INTENSIFY THROUGH MONDAY EVENING THEN BEGIN TO WEAKEN AFTERWARD. TYPHOON FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD FROM THE CENTER UP TO 15 MILES. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD FROM THE CENTER UP TO 140 MILES TO THE NORTH AND UP TO 75 MILES TO THE SOUTH. NEXT ADVISORY ------------- THIS WILL BE THE LAST ADVISORY ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FOR TYPHOON MELOR. $$ KLEESCHULTE