342  
WTPQ31 PGUM 122126  
TCPPQ1  
 
BULLETIN  
SUPER TYPHOON SINLAKU (04W) ADVISORY NUMBER 16  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TIYAN GU WP042026  
726 AM CHST MON APR 13 2026  
   
..SUPER TYPHOON SINLAKU MOVING NORTHWEST TOWARD THE MARIANAS
 
 
CHANGES WITH THIS ADVISORY  
--------------------------  
NONE.  
 
WATCHES AND WARNINGS  
--------------------  
A TYPHOON WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ROTA, TINIAN, AND SAIPAN.  
A TROPICAL STORM WARNING AND TYPHOON WATCH REMAIN IN EFFECT FOR  
GUAM.  
A TROPICAL STORM WARNING AND TYPHOON WATCH REMAIN IN EFFECT FOR  
ULUL IN CHUUK STATE.  
A TROPICAL STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR PAGAN AND ALAMAGAN.  
 
RESIDENTS OF AGRIHAN SHOULD CAREFULLY MONITOR THE PROGRESS OF SUPER  
TYPHOON SINLAKU.  
 
SUMMARY OF 700 AM CHST...2100 UTC...INFORMATION  
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LOCATION...11.9N 149.1E  
 
ABOUT 230 MILES NORTH OF ULUL  
ABOUT 305 MILES EAST-SOUTHEAST OF ROTA  
ABOUT 310 MILES EAST-SOUTHEAST OF GUAM  
ABOUT 315 MILES SOUTHEAST OF TINIAN  
ABOUT 315 MILES SOUTHEAST OF SAIPAN  
ABOUT 360 MILES NORTH-NORTHWEST OF CHUUK  
ABOUT 450 MILES SOUTH-SOUTHEAST OF ALAMAGAN  
ABOUT 485 MILES SOUTH-SOUTHEAST OF PAGAN  
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...180 MPH  
PRESENT MOVEMENT...NORTHWEST...305 DEGREES AT 9 MPH  
 
DISCUSSION AND OUTLOOK  
----------------------  
AT 700 AM CHST...2100 UTC...THE CENTER OF SUPER TYPHOON SINLAKU  
WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 11.9 DEGREES NORTH AND LONGITUDE  
149.1 DEGREES EAST. SINLAKU IS MOVING NORTHWEST AT 9 MPH. IT IS  
EXPECTED TO MAINTAIN THIS GENERAL COURSE AND SPEED THROUGH  
TUESDAY. THE ONSET OF TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO  
REACH GUAM, ROTA, TINIAN, AND SAIPAN THIS EVENING OR TONIGHT. TYPHOON  
FORCE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO START REACHING ROTA, TINIAN, AND SAIPAN  
TUESDAY OR TUESDAY AFTERNOON. LATEST FORECAST TRACK HAS SHIFTED THE  
STORM PATH SLIGHTLY SOUTHWARD, WITH PASSAGE STILL EXPECTED NEAR OR  
OVER TINIAN AND SAIPAN.  
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS HAVE INCREASED TO 180 MPH. SINLAKU IS  
FORECAST TO GRADUALLY WEAKEN THROUGH THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS.  
 
TYPHOON FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD FROM THE CENTER UP TO  
60 MILES. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD FROM THE  
CENTER UP TO 275 MILES TO THE NORTHEAST AND UP TO 215 MILES  
ELSEWHERE.  
 
NEXT ADVISORY  
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AN INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER  
SERVICE AT 1100 AM CHST FOLLOWED BY THE NEXT SCHEDULED ADVISORY  
AT 200 PM CHST.  
 

 
 
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