WTPQ32 PGUM 082111 TCPPQ2 BULLETIN TROPICAL STORM SONGDA (23W) ADVISORY NUMBER 3 NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TIYAN GU WP232016 800 AM CHST SUN OCT 9 2016 ...SONGDA NOW A TROPICAL STORM PASSING NORTH OF 20N... CHANGES WITH THIS ADVISORY -------------------------- NONE. WATCHES AND WARNINGS -------------------- NONE. SUMMARY OF 700 AM CHST...2100 UTC...INFORMATION ----------------------------------------------- LOCATION...21.0N 151.9E ABOUT 265 MILES SOUTH-SOUTHWEST OF MINAMI TORI SHIMA ABOUT 960 MILES WEST OF WAKE ISLAND ABOUT 575 MILES NORTHEAST OF SAIPAN ABOUT 705 MILES NORTHEAST OF GUAM MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...40 MPH PRESENT MOVEMENT...WEST-NORTHWEST...295 DEGREES AT 20 MPH DISCUSSION AND OUTLOOK ---------------------- AT 700 AM CHST...2100 UTC...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM SONGDA WAS LOCATED BY SATELLITE NEAR LATITUDE 21.3 DEGREES NORTH AND LONGITUDE 151.9 DEGREES EAST...QUICKLY MOVING WEST-NORTHWEST AT 20 MPH. SONGDA IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE IN THIS GENERAL DIRECTION TODAY AND TONIGHT...BEFORE TURNING TOWARD THE NORTH...AND EVENTUALLY NORTHEAST...MONDAY AND TUESDAY WITH A GRADUAL DECREASE IN FORWARD SPEED. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS HAVE INCREASED TO 40 MPH. SONGDA IS EXPECTED TO STEADILY INTENSIFY THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS...POSSIBLY BECOMING A TYPHOON SOMETIME MONDAY. NEXT ADVISORY ------------- THE NEXT SCHEDULED ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AT 200 PM THIS AFTERNOON. $$ W. AYDLETT