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TROPICAL STORM NEPARTAK (02W) ADVISORY NUMBER 7

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TIYAN GU WP022016

200 AM CHST TUE JUL 5 2016



...TROPICAL STORM NEPARTAK SLOWLY INTENSIFYING...



CHANGES WITH THIS ADVISORY

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NONE.



WATCHES AND WARNINGS

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NONE.



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

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LOCATION...13.9N 139.1E



ABOUT 300 MILES NORTH-NORTHWEST OF FAIS

ABOUT 280 MILES NORTH OF ULITHI

ABOUT 310 MILES NORTH-NORTHEAST OF YAP

ABOUT 305 MILES WEST OF GUAM



MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...60 MPH

PRESENT MOVEMENT...NORTHWEST...305 DEGREES AT 15 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 13.9 DEGREES NORTH AND

LONGITUDE 139.1 DEGREES EAST...MOVING NORTHWEST AT 15 MPH. NEPARTAK

IS EXPECTED TO MAINTAIN THIS NORTHWEST TRACK FOR THE NEXT FEW

DAYS.



MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS HAVE INCREASED TO 60 MPH. NEPARTAK IS

EXPECTED TO INTENSIFY STEADILY THE NEXT FEW DAYS...AND WILL

LIKELY BECOME A TYPHOON THIS AFTERNOON.



TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 105 MILES FROM

THE CENTER.



NEXT ADVISORY

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THE NEXT SCHEDULED ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER

SERVICE AT 800 AM THIS MORNING.



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