WTPQ33 PGUM 140927

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TROPICAL STORM MALAKAS (18W) ADVISORY NUMBER 11

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TIYAN GU WP182016

800 PM CHST WED SEP 14 2016



...TROPICAL STORM MALAKAS NEARING TYPHOON STRENGTH...



CHANGES WITH THIS ADVISORY

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NONE.



WATCHES AND WARNINGS

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NONE.



SUMMARY OF 700 PM CHST...0900 UTC...INFORMATION

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LOCATION...16.1N 131.5E



ABOUT 635 MILES NORTHWEST OF YAP

ABOUT 640 MILES NORTH-NORTHWEST OF KOROR

ABOUT 750 MILES SOUTH-SOUTHEAST OF OKINAWA

ABOUT 905 MILES WEST-NORTHWEST OF GUAM



MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...70 MPH

PRESENT MOVEMENT...WEST-NORTHWEST...290 DEGREES AT 10 MPH



DISCUSSION AND OUTLOOK

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AT 700 PM CHST...0900 UTC...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM MALAKAS

WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 16.1 DEGREES NORTH AND LONGITUDE 131.5

DEGREES EAST...MOVING WEST-NORTHWEST AT 10 MPH. MALAKAS IS

FORECAST TO GRADUALLY TURN TOWARD THE NORTHWEST BY THURSDAY WITH

AN INCREASE IN FORWARD SPEED.



MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS REMAIN AT 70 MPH. MALAKAS IS EXPECTED TO

RESUME INTENSIFYING...AND WILL LIKELY BECOME A TYPHOON TONIGHT.



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 AM CHST EARLY THURSDAY MORNING.



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