WTPQ32 PGUM 280902

TCPPQ2



BULLETIN

TROPICAL DEPRESSION CHABA (21W) ADVISORY NUMBER 2

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TIYAN GU WP212016

800 PM CHST WED SEP 28 2016



...TROPICAL DEPRESSION CHABA NEARING ROTA...



CHANGES WITH THIS ADVISORY

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NONE.



WATCHES AND WARNINGS

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A TROPICAL STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR GUAM...ROTA...TINIAN

AND SAIPAN. TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS...INCLUDING WINDS OF 39 MPH

OR MORE...ARE POSSIBLE TONIGHT AND THURSDAY MORNING.



SUMMARY OF 700 PM CHST...0900 UTC...INFORMATION

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LOCATION...14.3N 146.3E



ABOUT   65 MILES SOUTHEAST OF SAIPAN AND TINIAN

ABOUT   75 MILES EAST OF ROTA

ABOUT  120 MILES EAST-NORTHEAST OF GUAM



MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...35 MPH

PRESENT MOVEMENT...WEST...265 DEGREES AT 16 MPH



DISCUSSION AND OUTLOOK

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AT 700 PM CHST...0900 UTC...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL DEPRESSION CHABA

WAS LOCATED BY SATELLITE NEAR LATITUDE 14.3 DEGREES NORTH AND

LONGITUDE 146.3 DEGREES EAST...MOVING WEST AT 16 MPH. CHABA IS

EXPECTED TO MAINTAIN A GENERAL WESTWARD TRACK THROUGH THURSDAY...

PASSING THROUGH THE MARIANAS NEAR ROTA TONIGHT. CHABA WILL TURN TO

THE NORTHWEST ON FRIDAY WITH A SLIGHT DECREASE IN FORWARD MOTION.



MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS REMAIN AT 35 MPH. CHABA IS EXPECTED TO

MAINTAIN THIS INTENSITY THROUGH LATE TONIGHT BUT WILL BEGIN TO

INTENSIFY THURSDAY MORNING...POSSIBLY BECOMING A TROPICAL STORM

EARLY THURSDAY MORNING.



NEXT ADVISORY

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AN INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER

SERVICE AT 1100 PM THIS EVENING...FOLLOWED BY THE NEXT SCHEDULED

ADVISORY AT 200 AM.



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