WTPQ32 PGUM 150855 TCPPQ2 BULLETIN TROPICAL STORM CHAMPI (25W) ADVISORY NUMBER 9 NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TIYAN GU WP252015 800 PM CHST THU OCT 15 2015 ...TROPICAL STORM CHAMPI HEADING TOWARD THE CNMI... CHANGES WITH THIS ADVISORY -------------------------- NONE. WATCHES AND WARNINGS -------------------- A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ROTA...TINIAN... SAIPAN...ALAMAGAN...PAGAN AND AGRIHAN. TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS... INCLUDING DAMAGING WINDS OF 39 MPH OR GREATER...ARE EXPECTED WITHIN 24 HOURS. A TYPHOON WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR AGRIHAN...PAGAN AND ALAMAGAN. TYPHOON CONDITIONS...INCLUDING DESTRUCTIVE WINDS OF 74 MPH OR GREATER...ARE POSSIBLE WITHIN 48 HOURS. SUMMARY OF 700 PM CHST...0900 UTC...INFORMATION ----------------------------------------------- LOCATION...16.3N 150.5E ABOUT 325 MILES EAST-NORTHEAST OF SAIPAN ABOUT 340 MILES EAST-NORTHEAST OF TINIAN ABOUT 385 MILES EAST-NORTHEAST OF ROTA ABOUT 320 MILES EAST-SOUTHEAST OF ALAMAGAN ABOUT 335 MILES EAST-SOUTHEAST OF PAGAN ABOUT 360 MILES EAST-SOUTHEAST OF AGRIHAN ABOUT 430 MILES EAST-NORTHEAST OF GUAM MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...60 MPH PRESENT MOVEMENT...WEST-NORTHWEST...300 DEGREES AT 17 MPH. DISCUSSION AND OUTLOOK ---------------------- AT 700 PM CHST...0900 UTC...TROPICAL STORM CHAMPI IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR LATITUDE 16.3 NORTH AND LONGITUDE 150.5 EAST. MOVEMENT IS TOWARD THE WEST-NORTHWEST AT 17 MPH. CHAMPI IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE WEST-NORTHWEST THE NEXT COUPLE DAYS WITH A GRADUAL SLOW DOWN IN FORWARD SPEED. THIS TRACK WOULD TAKE THE CENTER OF CHAMPI THROUGH THE NORTHERN MARIANAS NORTH OF ANATAHAN FRIDAY AFTERNOON. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS REMAIN AT 60 MPH. TROPICAL STORM CHAMPI IS FORECAST TO INTENSIFY THE NEXT FEW DAYS...AND COULD BECOME A TYPHOON DURING THE DAY FRIDAY. LATEST SATELLITE DATA INDICATE THAT TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 150 MILES SOUTH OF THE CENTER AND UP TO 115 MILES NORTH OF THE CENTER. NEXT ADVISORY ------------- AN INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AT 1100 PM FOLLOWED BY THE NEXT SCHEDULED ADVISORY EARLY FRIDAY MORNING AT 200 AM. $$ MCELROY