WTPQ33 PGUM 132058

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TROPICAL STORM MALAKAS (18W) ADVISORY NUMBER 9

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TIYAN GU WP182016

800 AM CHST WED SEP 14 2016



...TROPICAL STORM MALAKAS CONTINUES TO INTENSIFY...



CHANGES WITH THIS ADVISORY

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NONE.



WATCHES AND WARNINGS

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NONE.



SUMMARY OF 700 AM CHST...2100 UTC...INFORMATION

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LOCATION...15.2N 133.9E



ABOUT 485 MILES NORTHWEST OF YAP

ABOUT 735 MILES WEST OF GUAM

ABOUT 545 MILES NORTH OF KOROR

ABOUT 790 MILES WEST OF SAIPAN



MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...70 MPH

PRESENT MOVEMENT...WEST...280 DEGREES AT 12 MPH



DISCUSSION AND OUTLOOK

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AT 700 AM CHST...2100 UTC...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM MALAKAS

WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 15.2 DEGREES NORTH AND LONGITUDE 133.9

DEGREES EAST...MOVING WEST AT 12 MPH. MALAKAS IS FORECAST TO BEGIN

A TURN TOWARD THE WEST-NORTHWEST LATER TODAY...THEN NORTHWEST ON

THURSDAY...WITH A SLIGHT INCREASE IN FORWARD SPEED.



MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS HAVE INCREASED TO 70 MPH. MALAKAS IS

EXPECTED TO CONTINUE INTENSIFYING...AND COULD BECOME A TYPHOON

LATER TODAY.



TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 110 MILES FROM THE

CENTER IN THE EASTERN SEMICIRCLE AND UP TO 85 MILES IN THE WESTERN

SEMICIRCLE.



NEXT ADVISORY

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THE NEXT SCHEDULED ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER

SERVICE AT 200 PM THIS AFTERNOON.



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