WTPQ33 PGUM 131510

TCPPQ3



BULLETIN

TROPICAL STORM MALAKAS (18W) ADVISORY NUMBER 8

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TIYAN GU WP182016

200 AM CHST WED SEP 14 2016



...TROPICAL STORM MALAKAS CONTINUES TO MOVE WEST AND STRENGTHENS...



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...15.0N 134.9E



ABOUT 435 MILES NORTH-NORTHWEST OF YAP

ABOUT 670 MILES WEST OF GUAM

ABOUT 535 MILES NORTH OF KOROR

ABOUT 720 MILES WEST OF SAIPAN



MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...60 MPH

PRESENT MOVEMENT...WEST...280 DEGREES AT 15 MPH



DISCUSSION AND OUTLOOK

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

WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 15.0 DEGREES NORTH AND LONGITUDE 134.9

DEGREES EAST...MOVING WEST AT 15 MPH. MALAKAS IS FORECAST TO BEGIN

A TURN TOWARD THE NORTHWEST LATER TODAY WITH A SLIGHT INCREASE IN

FORWARD SPEED.



MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS INCREASED TO 60 MPH. MALAKAS IS EXPECTED TO

CONTINUE INTENSIFYING...AND COULD BECOME A TYPHOON THIS EVENING.



TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 90 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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