WTPH20 RPMM 171800

TTT GALE WARNING 13



AT 1800 17 JANUARY TROPICAL STORM {MEKKHALA} (1501) WAS ESTIMATED

BASED ON ALL AVAILABLE DATA AT ONE TWO POINT FIVE NORTH ONE TWO FOUR

POINT FIVE EAST FORECAST TO MOVE NORTHWEST AT ZERO FOUR METERS PER

SECOND ROUGH TO HIGH SEAS WITHIN TWO ZERO ZERO KILOMETER RADIUS FROM

THE CENTER NORTH SEMICIRCLE ONE FIVE ZERO KILOMETER RADIUS ELSEWHERE

ESTIMATED CENTRAL PRESSURE NINE NINE ONE HECTOPASCALS MAXIMUM WINDS

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

SECOND WITHIN TWO ZERO ZERO KILOMETER RADIUS FROM THE CENTER NORTH

SEMICIRCLE ONE FIVE ZERO KILOMETER RADIUS ELSEWHERE FORECAST

POSITIONS AT 181800 ONE FIVE POINT THREE NORTH ONE TWO TWO POINT

THREE EAST AT 191800 ONE EIGHT POINT ONE NORTH ONE TWO TWO POINT

SEVEN EAST AND AT 201800 TWO ONE POINT SEVEN NORTH ONE TWO FOUR

POINT THREE 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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