WTPQ31 PGUM 031552

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BULLETIN

TROPICAL STORM NEPARTAK (02W) ADVISORY NUMBER 3

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TIYAN GU WP022016

200 AM CHST MON JUL 4 2016



...TROPICAL STORM NEPARTAK MOVING AWAY FROM FARAULEP...



CHANGES WITH THIS ADVISORY

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THE TROPICAL STORM WARNING FOR FARAULEP IN YAP STATE IS NO LONGER

IN EFFECT.



WATCHES AND WARNINGS

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THE TROPICAL STORM WARNING FOR FARAULEP IN YAP STATE HAS BEEN

CANCELLED. TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS HAVE ENDED.



A TROPICAL STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR FAIS AND ULITHI IN

YAP STATE. TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS...INCLUDING WINDS OF 39 MPH

OR MORE...ARE POSSIBLE TODAY OR TONIGHT IF NEPARTAK VEERS SOUTH

OF ITS FORECAST TRACK.



SUMMARY OF 100 AM CHST...1500 UTC...INFORMATION

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LOCATION...10.4N 143.8E



ABOUT 135 MILES NORTH-NORTHWEST OF FARAULEP

ABOUT 225 MILES EAST OF FAIS

ABOUT 290 MILES EAST OF ULITHI

ABOUT 395 MILES EAST OF YAP

ABOUT 220 MILES SOUTH-SOUTHWEST OF GUAM



MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...45 MPH

PRESENT MOVEMENT...NORTHWEST...320 DEGREES AT 13 MPH



DISCUSSION AND OUTLOOK

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AT 100 AM CHST...1500 UTC...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM NEPARTAK

WAS LOCATED BY SATELLITE NEAR LATITUDE 10.4 DEGREES NORTH AND

LONGITUDE 143.8 DEGREES EAST...MOVING NORTHWEST AT 13 MPH. NEPARTAK

IS EXPECTED TO MAINTAIN THIS NORTHWEST TRACK WITH A SLIGHT INCREASE

IN FORWARD SPEED FOR THE NEXT FEW DAYS...TAKING IT BETWEEN GUAM

AND ULITHI THIS AFTERNOON.



MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS REMAIN AT 45 MPH. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS

EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 100 MILES FROM THE CENTER.



NEPARTAK IS EXPECTED TO INTENSIFY STEADILY THE NEXT FEW DAYS...AND

MAY BECOME A TYPHOON BY EARLY TUESDAY MORNING.



NEXT ADVISORY

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AN INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER

SERVICE AT 500 AM THIS MORNING...FOLLOWED BY THE NEXT SCHEDULED

ADVISORY AT 800 AM.



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