WTPQ33 PGUM 161558 TCPPQ3 BULLETIN TROPICAL STORM FRANCISCO (26W) ADVISORY NUMBER 3 NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TIYAN GU WP262013 200 AM CHST THU OCT 17 2013 ...TROPICAL DEPRESSION 26W IS NOW TROPICAL STORM FRANCISCO... WATCHES AND WARNINGS -------------------- A TROPICAL STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR GUAM...ROTA...TINIAN AND 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. SUMMARY OF 100 AM CHST...1500 UTC...INFORMATION ----------------------------------------------- LOCATION...11.4N 143.2E ABOUT 175 MILES SOUTHWEST OF GUAM ABOUT 230 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ROTA ABOUT 295 MILES SOUTHWEST OF TINIAN ABOUT 310 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SAIPAN ABOUT 370 MILES EAST-NORTHEAST OF YAP MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...40 MPH PRESENT MOVEMENT...SW OR 220 DEGREES AT 10 MPH DISCUSSION AND OUTLOOK ---------------------- AT 100 AM CHST...1500 UTC...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM FRANCISCO (26W) WAS LOCATED BY SATELLITE NEAR LATITUDE 11.4 NORTH AND LONGITUDE 143.2 EAST. TROPICAL STORM FRANCISCO IS MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 10 MPH. FRANCISCO IS EXPECTED TO SLOW DOWN SLIGHTLY AND TURN TOWARD THE WEST TODAY... THEN TURN TOWARD THE NORTH-NORTHWEST THIS EVENING. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS HAVE INCREASED TO 40 MPH. TROPICAL STORM FRANCISCO WILL CONTINUE STRENGTHENING THROUGH TONIGHT...AND COULD BECOME A TYPHOON ON FRIDAY. NEXT ADVISORY ------------- THE NEXT INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AT 500 AM THIS MORNING...FOLLOWED BY THE NEXT SCHEDULED ADVISORY AT 800 AM LATER THIS MORNING. $$ CHAN For more information, go to middletnweather.info
Posted on: Wed, 16 Oct 2013 16:00:24 +0000
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