WTPQ32 PGUM 100952 TCPPQ2 BULLETIN TROPICAL STORM CONSON (08W) ADVISORY NUMBER 9 NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TIYAN GU WP082016 800 PM CHST WED AUG 10 2016 ...TROPICAL STORM CONSON MOVING NORTHWEST... CHANGES WITH THIS ADVISORY -------------------------- NONE. WATCHES AND WARNINGS -------------------- NONE. SUMMARY OF 700 PM CHST...0900 UTC...INFORMATION ---------------------------------------------- LOCATION...18.8N 155.2E ABOUT 745 MILES WEST OF WAKE ISLAND ABOUT 390 MILES SOUTH-SOUTHEAST OF MINAMI TORI SHIMA ABOUT 675 MILES EAST-NORTHEAST OF SAIPAN ABOUT 785 MILES EAST-NORTHEAST OF GUAM MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...50 MPH PRESENT MOVEMENT...NORTHWEST...310 DEGREES AT 7 MPH DISCUSSION AND OUTLOOK ---------------------- AT 700 PM CHST...0900 UTC...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM CONSON WAS LOCATED BY SATELLITE NEAR LATITUDE 18.8 DEGREES NORTH AND LONGITUDE 155.2 DEGREES EAST...MOVING NORTHWEST AT 7 MPH. CONSON IS EXPECTED TO TURN SLOWLY NORTH TONIGHT AND THURSDAY WITH A SLOW INCREASE IN FORWARD SPEED. THIS FORECAST TRACK TAKES CONSON VERY CLOSE TO MINAMI TORI SHIMA FRIDAY MORNING. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS REMAIN NEAR 50 MPH. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 145 MILES NORTHEAST OF THE CENTER...BUT ONLY OUT TO 35 MILES SOUTHWEST OF THE CENTER. CONSON IS EXPECTED TO GRADUALLY STRENGTHEN OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS...AND MAY BECOME A TYPHOON ON FRIDAY. NEXT ADVISORY ------------- THE NEXT SCHEDULED ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AT 200 AM THURSDAY MORNING. $$ MIDDLEBROOKE