WEATHER UPDATE: Tropical storm is now a typhoon, Guam under tropical storm warning
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TYPHOON FRANCISCO (26W) ADVISORY NUMBER 5
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TIYAN GU WP262013
200 PM CHST THU OCT 17 2013
...TROPICAL STORM FRANCISCO BECOMES A TYPHOON...
...TYPHOON FRANCISCO BEGINNING TO MOVE SLOWLY NORTHWARD...WATCHES AND WARNINGS
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A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR GUAM AND GUAM ADJACENT
WATERS OUT TO 40 NM. TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS...INCLUDING DAMAGING
SUSTAINED WINDS OF 40 MPH OR MORE...ARE EXPECTED IN THE NEXT 12 TO
24 HOURS.
A TROPICAL STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ROTA...TINIAN... SAIPAN
AND ADJACENT WATERS OUT TO 40 NM. TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS...
INCLUDING DAMAGING SUSTAINED WINDS OF 40 MPH OR MORE...ARE STILL
POSSIBLE IN THE NEXT 24 TO 48 HOURS.
SUMMARY OF 1 PM CHST...0300 UTC...INFORMATION
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LOCATION...11.2N 142.8E
ABOUT 205 MILES SOUTHWEST OF GUAM
ABOUT 255 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ROTA
ABOUT 325 MILES SOUTHWEST OF TINIAN
ABOUT 335 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SAIPAN
ABOUT 340 MILES EAST-NORTHEAST OF YAP
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...80 MPH
PRESENT MOVEMENT...N OR 360 DEGREES AT 5 MPH.
DISCUSSION AND OUTLOOK
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AT 1 PM CHST...0300 UTC...THE EYE OF TYPHOON FRANCISCO (26W) WAS
LOCATED BY SATELLITE AND RADAR NEAR LATITUDE 11.2 NORTH AND
LONGITUDE 142.8 EAST.
RADAR HAS INDICATED THAT TYPHOON FRANCISCO HAS BEGUN TO DRIFT NORTH
AT ABOUT 5 MPH WHILE CONTINUING TO INTENSIFY. FRANCISCO IS EXPECTED
TO CONTINUE MOVING TOWARDS THE NORTH THROUGH THE NIGHT AND FRIDAY
MORNING.
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS HAVE INCREASED TO NEAR 80 MPH. TYPHOON
FRANCISCO WILL CONTINUE STRENGTHENING THROUGH TONIGHT. TYPHOON
FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUT TO 15 MILES. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS
EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 130 MILES FROM THE CENTER.
NEXT ADVISORY
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THE NEXT INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE AT 500 PM THIS AFTERNOON...FOLLOWED BY THE NEXT
SCHEDULED ADVISORY AT 800 PM LATER THIS EVENING.
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ZIOBRO/EDSON/STANKO