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TROPICAL STORM MEARI (26W) ADVISORY NUMBER 6

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TIYAN GU WP262016

200 PM CHST FRI NOV 4 2016



...TROPICAL STORM MEARI MOVING NORTH-NORTHEAST...



CHANGES WITH THIS ADVISORY

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CURRENT POSITION RELOCATED EASTWARD FROM PRIOR FORECASTS.



WATCHES AND WARNINGS

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NONE.



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

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LOCATION...15.0N 139.0E



ABOUT  450 MILES WEST OF SAIPAN

ABOUT  400 MILES WEST-NORTHWEST OF GUAM

ABOUT  385 MILES NORTH OF YAP

ABOUT  615 MILES NORTH-NORTHEAST OF KOROR



MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...50 MPH

PRESENT MOVEMENT...NORTH-NORTHEAST...020 DEGREES AT 7 MPH



DISCUSSION AND OUTLOOK

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AT 100 PM CHST...0300 UTC...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM MEARI WAS

LOCATED BY SATELLITE NEAR LATITUDE 15.0 DEGREES NORTH AND LONGITUDE

139.0 DEGREES EAST. THIS POSITION IS A RELOCATION...FARTHER EAST

FROM PRIOR TRACKS...BASED ON RECENT MICROWAVE SATELLITE IMAGERY.

TROPICAL STORM MEARI IS MOVING NORTH-NORTHEAST AT 7 MPH AND WILL

GRADUALLY TURN TO THE NORTHEAST TONIGHT AS IT INCREASES FORWARD

SPEED OVER THE WEEKEND.



MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS REMAIN AT 50 MPH. TROPICAL STORM MEARI IS

EXPECTED TO INTENSIFY THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS...POSSIBLY BECOMING A

TYPHOON SATURDAY.



TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD FROM THE CENTER UP TO 125

MILES ALONG THE SOUTHERN SEMICIRCLE AND UP TO 60 MILES IN THE

NORTHERN SEMICIRCLE.



NEXT ADVISORY

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THE NEXT SCHEDULED ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER

SERVICE AT 800 PM THIS EVENING.



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W. AYDLETT