ADVISORY NO. 6 (TYPHOON FRANCISCO 26W) OCTOBER 17, 2013 8:30PM BASED ON INFORMATION RECEIVED FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE, TIYAN GUAM AND COMPILED AT CNMI HOMELAND SECURITY AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT, OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR, GOVERNOR ELOY S. INOS WOULD LIKE TO INFORM THE GENERAL PUBLIC THAT, A TROPICAL STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ROTA, TINIAN, SAIPAN AND ADJACENT WATERS OUT TO 40 NM. TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS, INCLUDING DAMAGING SUSTAINED WINDS OF 40 MPH OR MORE, ARE STILL POSSIBLE IN THE NEXT 24 TO 48 HOURS. TROPICAL STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SAIPAN, TINIAN AND ROTA AT 7:00 PM THIS EVENING THURSDAY CHST OR 0900 UTC, THE EYE OF TYPHOON FRANCISCO (26W) WAS LOCATED BY RADAR NEAR LATITUDE 11.7 NORTH AND LONGITUDE 142.7 EAST. THIS IS ABOUT, 235 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ROTA 300 MILES SOUTHWEST OF TINIAN 310 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SAIPAN RADAR HAS INDICATED THAT TYPHOON FRANCISCO IS MOVING SLOWLY NORTH-NORTHWEST AT ABOUT 4 MPH AND CONTINUING TO INTENSIFY. FRANCISCO IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE MOVING TOWARDS THE NORTH-NORTHWEST WITH A GRADUAL INCREAS IN FORWARD SPEED TONIGHT AND FRIDAY. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS HAVE INCREASED 85 MPH. TYPHOON FRANCISCO IS FORECASTED TO CONTINUE STRENGTHENING DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS. TYPHOON FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 145 MILES FROM THE CENTER. THE CNMI HOMELAND SECURITY AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT WILL BE MONITORING THE MOVEMENT OF TYPHOON FRANCISCO (26W) AND WILL BE ISSUING BULLETINS AS THEY BECOME AVAILABLE. PLEASE CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE OFFICIAL BULLETINS WHICH WILL BE AVAILABLE THROUGH LOCAL MEDIA SOURCES AND NOAA WEATHER RADIO BROADCAST ON 162.5 MEGAHERTZ, OR CALL CNMI EOC DISPATCH CENTER AT 237-8000 OR 211, AND FOR THE NORTHERN ISLANDS TO CONTACT CNMI EOC DISPATCH CENTER AT HIGH FREQUENCY SINGLE SIDE BAND RADIO ON FREQUENCY 5.205.0
Posted on: Thu, 17 Oct 2013 23:45:31 +0000
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