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Tropical Storm Man-yi (25W) Advisory Number 20
National Weather Service Tiyan GU WP252024
709 AM ChST Thu Nov 14 2024

...INTENSIFYING TROPICAL STORM MAN-YI TO PASS JUST NORTH OF YAP
TODAY...
...MAN-YI COULD BEGIN TO RAPIDLY INTENSIFY LATER TODAY...

CHANGES WITH THIS ADVISORY
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None.

WATCHES AND WARNINGS
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None. However...residents of Yap and Ulithi should closely
monitor the progress of Tropical Storm Man-yi through at least
tonight as it passes to the north.

SUMMARY OF 700 AM CHST...2100 UTC...INFORMATION
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Location...11.4N 138.7E

About 120 miles northwest of Ulithi
About 140 miles north-northeast of Yap
About 165 miles northwest of Fais
About 435 miles west-southwest of Guam
About 535 miles west-southwest of Saipan

Maximum sustained winds...45 mph
Present movement...west...260 degrees at 20 mph

DISCUSSION AND OUTLOOK
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At 700 AM CHST...2100 UTC...the center of Tropical Storm Man-yi was 
located near Latitude 11.4 degrees North and Longitude 138.7 degrees 
East. Man-yi is moving west at 20 mph. It is expected to maintain 
this general course today before turning west overnight and Friday 
with a slight decrease in forward speed. This current track has not 
dropped any further south than the prior forecast track and maintains
a close-by approach of Man-yi just to the north of Yap Island around
midday today.

Maximum sustained winds have increased to 45 mph. Man-yi is forecast
to intensify through Friday, possibly beginning a phase of rapid 
intensification later today. Man-yi could become a typhoon by this
evening.

Tropical storm force winds extend outward from the center up to
145 miles to the north with no damaging winds to the south.

NEXT ADVISORY
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The next scheduled advisory will be issued by the National Weather 
Service at 200 PM.

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Stanko