WTPH20 RPMM 150000

TTT GALE WARNING 02



AT 0000 15 JANUARY TROPICAL STORM {MEKKHALA} {1501} WAS ESTIMATED

BASED ON ALL AVAILABLE DATA AT ONE ONE POINT FIVE NORTH ONE THREE

FOUR POINT FOUR EAST FORECAST TO MOVE WEST NORTHWEST AT ZERO FIVE

METRERS PER SECOND ROUGH TO VERY ROUGH SEAS WITHIN ONE FIVE ZERO

KILOMETER RADIUS FROM THE CENTER ESTIMATED CENTRAL PRESSURE NINE

NINE SEVEN HECTOPASCALS MAXIMUM WINDS ONE EIGHT METERS PER SECOND

NEAR THE CENTER ONE THREE METERS PER SECOND WITHIN ONE FIVE ZERO

KILOMETER RADIUS FROM THE CENTER FORECAST POSITIONS AT 160000 ONE

TWO POINT FIVE NORTH ONE THREE ZERO POINT THREE EAST AT 170000 ONE

THREE POINT SEVEN NORTH ONE TWO SIX POINT FOUR EAST AND AT 180000

ONE FIVE POINT NINE NORTH ONE TWO THREE POINT EIGHT EAST ALL SHIPS

WITHIN STORM AREA ARE REQUESTED TO SEND THREE HOURLY WEATHER REPORT

TO PHILIPPINE ATMOSPHERIC GEOPHYSICAL AND ASTRONOMICAL SERVICES

ADMINISTRATION PD



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