WTPH20 RPMM 161800

AT 1800 16 JANAURY SEVERE TROPICAL STORM (MEKKHALA) (1501) UPGRADED

FROM TROPICAL STORM WAS ESTIMATED BASED ON ALL AVAILABLE DATA AT ONE

ONE POINT ONE NORTH ONE TWO SEVEN POINT SIX EAST FORECAST TO MOVE

WEST AT ZERO FOUR METERS PER SECOND ROUGH TO VERY HIGH SEAS WITHIN

ONE SEVEN FIVE KILOMETERS RADIUS FROM THE CENTER ESTIMATED CENTRAL

PRESSURE NINE EIGHT FOUR HECTOPASCALS MAXIMUM WINDS TWO EIGHT METERS

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

SEVEN FIVE KILOMETER RADIUS FROM THE CENTER FORECAST POSITIONS AT

171800 ONE TWO POINT FOUR NORTH ONE TWO THREE POINT EIGHT EAST AT

181800 ONE FIVE POINT TWO NORTH ONE TWO ONE POINT ZERO EAST AND AT

191800 ONE NINE POINT ONE NORTH ONE ONE NINE POINT NINE EAST ALL

SHIPS WITHIN STORM AREA ARE REQUESTED TO SEND THREE HOURLY WEATHER

REPORT TO PHILIPPINE ATMOSPHERIC  GEOPHYSICAL AND ASTRONOMICAL

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