WTPQ32 PGUM 280339

TCPPQ2



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TROPICAL DEPRESSION CHABA (21W) ADVISORY NUMBER 1

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TIYAN GU WP212016

200 PM CHST WED SEP 28 2016



...TROPICAL DEPRESSION CHABA FORMS EAST OF THE MARIANAS...



CHANGES WITH THIS ADVISORY

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A TROPICAL STORM WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR GUAM...ROTA...TINIAN

AND SAIPAN.



WATCHES AND WARNINGS

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A TROPICAL STORM WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR GUAM...ROTA...TINIAN

AND SAIPAN. TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS...INCLUDING WINDS OF 39 MPH

OR MORE...ARE POSSIBLE TONIGHT AND THURSDAY MORNING.



SUMMARY OF 100 PM CHST...0300 UTC...INFORMATION

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LOCATION...14.2N 147.7E



ABOUT  145 MILES EAST-SOUTHEAST OF SAIPAN

ABOUT  150 MILES EAST-SOUTHEAST OF TINIAN

ABOUT  170 MILES EAST OF ROTA

ABOUT  205 MILES EAST-NORTHEAST OF GUAM



MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...35 MPH

PRESENT MOVEMENT...WEST...265 DEGREES AT 16 MPH



DISCUSSION AND OUTLOOK

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AT 100 PM CHST...0300 UTC...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL DEPRESSION

CHABA WAS LOCATED BY SATELLITE NEAR LATITUDE 14.2 DEGREES NORTH

AND LONGITUDE 147.7 DEGREES EAST...MOVING WEST AT 16 MPH. CHABA

IS EXPECTED TO MAINTAIN A GENERAL WESTWARD TRACK TONIGHT AND

THURSDAY...TAKING IT OVER THE MARIANAS THIS EVENING AND EARLY

THURSDAY MORNING. IT WILL TURN NORTHWEST ON FRIDAY WITH A SLIGHT

DECREASE IN FORWARD MOTION.



MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE 35 MPH. CHABA IS EXPECTED TO MAINTAIN

THIS INTENSITY THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING...WITH SLOW INTENSIFICATION

ON THURSDAY. CHABA COULD BECOME A TROPICAL STORM ON FRIDAY.



NEXT ADVISORY

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AN INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER

SERVICE AT 500 PM LATER THIS AFTERNOON...FOLLOWED BY THE NEXT

SCHEDULED ADVISORY AT 800 PM.



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M AYDLETT