NWS Statement for Typhoon Mangkhut (Mariana Islands, Pacific)
From NWS Guam:
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TIYAN GU
129 AM CHST MON SEP 10 2018
...MANGKHUT STILL MOVING WEST AND INTENSIFYING...
.NEW INFORMATION...
NONE.
.AREAS AFFECTED...
THIS LOCAL STATEMENT PROVIDES INFORMATION AND RECOMMENDED ACTIONS
FOR PEOPLE IN WITHIN GUAM AND THE NORTHERN MARIANAS.
.WATCHES/WARNINGS...
A TYPHOON WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR GUAM, ROTA, TINIAN, AND
SAIPAN.
.STORM INFORMATION...
AT 100 AM CHST...THE CENTER OF TYPHOON MANGKHUT (26W) WAS LOCATED
NEAR LATITUDE 15.0N...LONGITUDE 149.9E. THIS WAS ABOUT 280 MILES
EAST OF SAIPAN AND 360 MILES EAST-NORTHEAST OF GUAM. TYPHOON
MANGKHUT WAS MOVING WEST AT 22 MPH WITH MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS OF
85 MPH.
GUAM, ROTA, TINIAN AND SAIPAN REMAIN IN TYPHOON CONDITION OF
READINESS TWO, COR 2 AT THIS TIME.
For Tinian/Saipan Islands:
TINIAN-SAIPAN-
129 AM CHST MON SEP 10 2018
...TYPHOON WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT...
AS TYPHOON MANGKHUT (26W) MOVES CLOSER, THE THREAT FOR SUSTAINED
HIGH WINDS WILL INCREASE.
EXPECT DAMAGING NORTH WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH THIS MORNING
INCREASING TO 45 TO 55 MPH BY NOON. WINDS WILL TURN TO THE EAST
AND INCREASE TO 60 TO 80 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 90 MPH BY LATE
AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL SHIFT TO THE SOUTHEAST BY MIDNIGHT AND
DECREASE TO 40 TO 50 MPH TUESDAY MORNING. DAMAGING SOUTHEAST WINDS
WILL DECREASE TO 25 TO 30 MPH BY TUESDAY AFTERNOON.
...STORM SURGE AND AND SURF INFORMATION...
COMBINED SEAS COULD EXCEED 40 FEET NEAR THE CENTER OF MANGKHUT.
IN ADDITION THERE COULD BE A STORM SURGE AS HIGH AS 4 FEET.
TOGETHER THESE COULD PRODUCE INUNDATION OF AS MUCH AS 10 FEET.
SEAS WILL BE LOWER FARTHER FROM THE CENTER...BUT WILL LIKELY STILL
BE 20 FEET OR MORE. DANGEROUS SURF IS EXPECTED ON WINDWARD
EXPOSURES.
...INLAND FLOODING...
RAINFALL OF 3 TO 5 INCHES IS POSSIBLE THROUGH TUESDAY AS TYPHOON
MANGKHUT PASSES TINIAN AND SAIPAN.
Link to Guam NWS: http://www.prh.noaa.gov/guam/