WTPQ32 PGUM 292150 TCPPQ2 BULLETIN TROPICAL STORM CHABA (21W) ADVISORY NUMBER 8 NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TIYAN GU WP212016 800 AM CHST FRI SEP 30 2016 ...CHABA SLOWLY STRENGTHENS OVER THE PHILIPPINE SEA... CHANGES WITH THIS ADVISORY -------------------------- NONE. WATCHES AND WARNINGS -------------------- NONE. SUMMARY OF 700 AM CHST...2100 UTC...INFORMATION ---------------------------------------------- LOCATION...13.8N 138.6E ABOUT 300 MILES NORTH OF YAP ABOUT 485 MILES WEST OF SAIPAN ABOUT 415 MILES WEST OF GUAM ABOUT 530 MILES NORTH-NORTHEAST OF KOROR MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...50 MPH PRESENT MOVEMENT...WEST...260 DEGREES AT 14 MPH DISCUSSION AND OUTLOOK ---------------------- AT 700 AM CHST...2100 UTC...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM CHABA WAS LOCATED BY SATELLITE NEAR LATITUDE 13.8 DEGREES NORTH AND LONGITUDE 138.6 DEGREES EAST...MOVING WEST AT 14 MPH. CHABA IS ANTICIPATED TO GRADUALLY TURN WEST-NORTHWEST LATER TODAY THEN NORTHWEST ON SATURDAY WITH LITTLE CHANGE IN FORWARD SPEED. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS HAVE INCREASED T0 50 MPH. CHABA IS EXPECTED TO SLOWLY INTENSIFY...AND MAY BECOME A TYPHOON SOME TIME ON SATURDAY. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 75 MILES FROM THE CENTER. NEXT ADVISORY ------------- THE NEXT SCHEDULED ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AT 200 PM THIS AFTERNOON. ... CHAN