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TROPICAL STORM 02W INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY NUMBER 10A

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TIYAN GU WP022018

500 PM CHST SUN FEB 11 2018



...TROPICAL STORM 02W HAS SLOWED DOWN AND WEAKENED AS IT APPROACHES

PALAU...



CHANGES WITH THIS ADVISORY

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NONE.



WATCHES AND WARNINGS

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A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR KOROR AND KAYANGEL IN

THE REPUBLIC OF PALAU.



SUMMARY OF 400 PM CHST...0600 UTC...INFORMATION

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LOCATION...6.8N 136.1E



ABOUT  365 MILES WEST-SOUTHWEST OF FAIS

       320 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ULITHI

       230 MILES SOUTHWEST OF YAP

       140 MILES SOUTHWEST OF NGULU

       130 MILES SOUTHEAST OF KAYANGEL PALAU

       120 MILES EAST-SOUTHEAST OF KOROR PALAU

       745 MILES SOUTHWEST OF GUAM



MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...40 MPH

PRESENT MOVEMENT...WEST...270 DEGREES...AT 14 MPH.



DISCUSSION AND OUTLOOK

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AT 400 PM CHST...0600 UTC...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM 02W WAS

LOCATED BY SATELLITE NEAR LATITUDE 6.8 DEGREES NORTH AND LONGITUDE

136.1 DEGREES EAST. TROPICAL STORM 02W IS MOVING WEST AT 14 MPH. TS

02W IS EXPECTED TO MAINTAIN THIS MOVEMENT FOR THE NEXT FEW DAYS.

THIS MOTION WILL TAKE 02W NEAR KOROR AND SOUTH OF KAYANGEL THIS

EVENING, AND THEN TOWARD MINDANAO.



MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS REMAIN AT 40 MPH. TROPICAL STORM 02W IS

EXPECTED TO SLOWLY INTENSIFY OVER THE NEXT COUPLE DAYS. TROPICAL

STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 100 MILES NORTHEAST OF THE

CENTER AND 60 MILES SOUTHWEST OF THE CENTER.



NEXT ADVISORY

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THE NEXT SCHEDULED ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER