WTPH20 RPMM 180600

TTT GALE WARNING 15

AT 0600 18 JANUARY TROPICAL STORM {MEKKHALA} (1501) WAS

ESTIMATED BASED ON ALL AVAILABLE DATA AT ONE FOUR POINT TWO

NORTH ONE TWO TWO POINT EIGHT EAST FORECAST TO MOVE NORTH

NORTHWEST AT ZERO FOUR METERS 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

190600 ONE SEVEN POINT SEVEN NORTH ONE TWO THREE POINT THREE

EAST AT 206000 TWO ZERO POINT THREE NORTH ONE TWO FIVE POINT

EIGHT EAST AND AT 2106000 TWO ONE POINT SEVEN NORTH ONE TWO

SEVEN POINT SEVEN 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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