WTPQ32 PGUM 281858

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TROPICAL DEPRESSION CHABA (21W) INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY NUMBER 3A

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TIYAN GU WP212016

500 AM CHST THU SEP 29 2016



...TROPICAL DEPRESSION CHABA CONTINUING WEST AWAY FROM MARIANAS...



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 THIS MORNING.



SUMMARY OF 400 AM CHST...1800 UTC...INFORMATION

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LOCATION...14.2N 144.2E



ABOUT  120 MILES WEST-SOUTHWEST OF SAIPAN

ABOUT  110 MILES WEST-SOUTHWEST OF TINIAN

ABOUT   65 MILES WEST OF ROTA

ABOUT   65 MILES NORTHWEST OF GUAM



MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...35 MPH

PRESENT MOVEMENT...WEST...270 DEGREES AT 21 MPH



DISCUSSION AND OUTLOOK

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AT 400 AM CHST...1800 UTC...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL DEPRESSION CHABA

WAS LOCATED BY SATELLITE AND RADAR NEAR LATITUDE 14.2 DEGREES NORTH

AND LONGITUDE 144.2 DEGREES EAST...MOVING WEST AT 21 MPH. CHABA WILL

CONTINUE TO MOVE AWAY FROM THE MARIANAS ALONG A WESTWARD TRACK TODAY

BEFORE TURNING TO THE NORTHWEST AND SLOWING DOWN IN FORWARD MOTION

TONIGHT.



MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS REMAIN AT 35 MPH. CHABA WILL BEGIN TO

STRENGTHEN LATER THIS MORNING...POSSIBLY BECOMING A TROPICAL STORM

AROUND MIDDAY.



NEXT ADVISORY

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THE NEXT SCHEDULED ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER

SERVICE AT 800 AM LATER THIS MORNING...FOLLOWED BY AN INTERMEDIATE

ADVISORY AT 1100 AM.



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