WTPQ32 PGUM 280648

TCPPQ2



BULLETIN

TROPICAL DEPRESSION CHABA (21W) INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY NUMBER 1A

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TIYAN GU WP212016

500 PM CHST WED SEP 28 2016



...TROPICAL DEPRESSION CHABA APPROACHING THE MARIANAS...



CHANGES WITH THIS ADVISORY

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NONE.



WATCHES AND WARNINGS

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A TROPICAL STORM WATCH REMAINS 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 400 PM CHST...0600 UTC...INFORMATION

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LOCATION...14.1N 147.0E



ABOUT  110 MILES SOUTHEAST OF SAIPAN

ABOUT  110 MILES SOUTHEAST OF TINIAN

ABOUT  120 MILES EAST OF ROTA

ABOUT  155 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 400 PM CHST...0600 UTC...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL DEPRESSION

CHABA WAS LOCATED BY SATELLITE NEAR LATITUDE 14.1 DEGREES NORTH

AND LONGITUDE 147.0 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 REMAIN 35 MPH. CHABA IS EXPECTED TO MAINTAIN

THIS INTENSITY THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING...WITH SLOW INTENSIFICATION

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



NEXT ADVISORY

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THE NEXT SCHEDULED ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER

SERVICE AT 800 PM THIS EVENING...FOLLOWED BY AN INTERMEDIATE

ADVISORY AT 1100 PM.



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