WTPQ32 PGUM 151503 TCPPQ2 BULLETIN TROPICAL STORM CHAMPI (25W) ADVISORY NUMBER 10 NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TIYAN GU WP252015 200 AM CHST FRI OCT 16 2015 ...TROPICAL STORM CHAMPI MOVING WEST... 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 6 TO 12 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 24 HOURS. SUMMARY OF 100 AM CHST...1500 UTC...INFORMATION ----------------------------------------------- LOCATION...16.0N 148.8E ABOUT 215 MILES EAST-NORTHEAST OF SAIPAN ABOUT 225 MILES EAST-NORTHEAST OF TINIAN ABOUT 225 MILES EAST-SOUTHEAST OF ALAMAGAN ABOUT 245 MILES SOUTHEAST OF PAGAN ABOUT 275 MILES EAST-NORTHEAST OF ROTA ABOUT 280 MILES SOUTHEAST OF AGRIHAN ABOUT 325 MILES EAST-NORTHEAST OF GUAM MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...60 MPH PRESENT MOVEMENT...WEST...265 DEGREES AT 18 MPH. DISCUSSION AND OUTLOOK ---------------------- AT 100 AM CHST...1500 UTC...TROPICAL STORM CHAMPI WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 16.0 NORTH AND LONGITUDE 148.8 EAST. MOVEMENT IS TOWARD THE WEST AT 18 MPH. CHAMPI IS EXPECTED TO RESUME MOVING WEST-NORTHWEST THE NEXT COUPLE DAYS WITH A GRADUAL DECREASE IN FORWARD SPEED. THIS TRACK WOULD TAKE THE CENTER OF CHAMPI THROUGH THE NORTHERN MARIANAS NORTH OF ANATAHAN EARLY AFTERNOON. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS REMAIN AT 60 MPH. TROPICAL STORM CHAMPI IS FORECAST TO INTENSIFY THE NEXT FEW DAYS...AND COULD BECOME A TYPHOON SOMETIME TODAY. LATEST SATELLITE DATA INDICATE THAT TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 175 MILES SOUTH OF THE CENTER AND UP TO 115 MILES NORTH OF THE CENTER. SATELLITE DATA INDICATE THAT THE RADIUS OF TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS HAVE EXPANDED SOUTH OF THE CENTER. NEXT ADVISORY ------------- AN INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AT 500 AM FOLLOWED BY THE NEXT SCHEDULED ADVISORY AT 800 AM. $$ ZIOBRO