WTPQ31 PGUM 230900

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TROPICAL STORM NOCK-TEN (30W) ADVISORY NUMBER 9

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TIYAN GU WP302016

800 PM CHST FRI DEC 23 2016



...TROPICAL STORM NOCK-TEN CONTINUES WEST-NORTHWEST...



CHANGES WITH THIS ADVISORY

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NONE.



WATCHES AND WARNINGS

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NONE.



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

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LOCATION...12.4N 131.6E



ABOUT  485 MILES WEST-NORTHWEST OF YAP

ABOUT  490 MILES NORTHWEST OF NGULU

ABOUT  365 MILES NORTHWEST OF KAYANGEL

ABOUT  400 MILES NORTH-NORTHWEST OF KOROR



MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...70 MPH

PRESENT MOVEMENT...WEST-NORTHWEST...295 DEGREES AT 14 MPH



DISCUSSION AND OUTLOOK

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AT 700 PM CHST...0900 UTC...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM NOCK-TEN

WAS LOCATED BY SATELLITE NEAR LATITUDE 12.4 DEGREES NORTH AND

LONGITUDE 131.6 DEGREES EAST. NOCK-TEN IS MOVING WEST-NORTHWEST AT

14 MPH. THIS GENERAL TRACK IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH

SATURDAY NIGHT WITH A SLIGHT DECREASE IN FORWARD SPEED.



MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS HAVE INCREASED TO 70 MPH. NOCK-TEN IS

FORECAST TO CONTINUE TO INTENSIFY AND LIKELY BECOME A TYPHOON

SOMETIME SATURDAY. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO

115 MILES FROM THE CENTER OF NOCK-TEN.



NEXT ADVISORY

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THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AT

200 AM EARLY SATURDAY MORNING.



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STANKO