WTPQ31 PGUM 211901

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TROPICAL DEPRESSION 30W INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY NUMBER 2A

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TIYAN GU WP302016

500 AM CHST THU DEC 22 2016



...TROPICAL DEPRESSION 30W MOVING TOWARDS NGULU AND YAP ISLAND...



CHANGES WITH THIS ADVISORY

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NONE.



WATCHES AND WARNINGS

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A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR YAP ISLAND AND NGULU

IN YAP STATE. TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS...INCLUDING WINDS OF 39 MPH

OR MORE...ARE EXPECTED WITHIN THE NEXT 24 HOURS.



SUMMARY OF 0400 AM CHST...1800 UTC...INFORMATION

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LOCATION...7.4N 140.4E



ABOUT  165 MILES SOUTH OF FAIS

ABOUT  180 MILES SOUTH-SOUTHEAST OF ULITHI

ABOUT  210 MILES EAST-SOUTHEAST OF NGULU

ABOUT  215 MILES SOUTHEAST OF YAP

ABOUT  395 MILES EAST OF KAYANGEL

ABOUT  410 MILES EAST OF KOROR



MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...35 MPH

PRESENT MOVEMENT...WEST-NORTHWEST...295 DEGREES AT 9 MPH



DISCUSSION AND OUTLOOK

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AT 0400 PM CHST...1800 UTC...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL DEPRESSION 30W

WAS LOCATED BY SATELLITE NEAR LATITUDE 7.4 DEGREES NORTH AND

LONGITUDE 140.4 DEGREES EAST. 30W IS MOVING WEST-NORTHWEST AT 9 MPH.

THIS GENERAL MOTION WITH A SLIGHT INCREASE IN FORWARD SPEED IS

EXPECTED THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT. THIS TRACK WILL TAKE 30W PASSING

BETWEEN NGULU AND YAP NEAR NOON TODAY.



MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS HAVE INCREASED TO 35 MPH...AND 30W IS

ANTICIPATED TO CONTINUE STRENGTHENING AND WILL LIKELY BECOME A

TROPICAL STORM LATER TODAY.



NEXT ADVISORY

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THE NEXT SCHEDULED ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER

SERVICE BY 800 AM THIS MORNING FOLLOWED BY AN INTERMEDIATE

ADVISORY THAT WILL BE ISSUED NEAR 1100 AM LATE THIS MORNING.



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