(CNMI Homeland Security and Emergency Management) — Based on information received from the National Weather Service in Tiyan, Guam and compiled at the CNMI Emergency Operations Center-State Warning Point, Tropical Storm Bolaven, as of 10 a.m. Tuesday, Oct. 10, 2023, was moving west-northwest at 13 mph.
Bolaven was located
about 80 miles east-southeast of Rota;
about 95 miles south-southeast of Tinian;
about 100 miles south-southeast of Saipan;
about 110 miles east of Guam;
about 185 miles south-southeast of Anatahan; and
about 265 miles south of Alamagan.
Maximum sustained winds: 70 mph.
The center of Bolaven was located near latitude 13.8 degrees north and longitude 146.4 degrees east. Bolaven is expected to maintain this general course with a slight decrease in forward speed over the next 24 hours.
Bolaven is forecast to intensify through tonight possibly becoming a typhoon. Tropical storm force winds extend outward from the center up to 70 miles.
As of 11 a.m., Tuesday, Oct. 10, 2023, Gov. Arnold I. Palacios has maintained Typhoon Condition I for Saipan, Tinian and Rota.
Typhoon Condition I means that typhoon force winds of 74 mph or more are expected, with damaging storm force winds of 39 mph arriving within 12 hours or occurring.
Keep a close watch on updates to weather forecasts and stay informed on the latest statements and advisories which will be available through local media sources and NOAA weather radio broadcast via phone at 211, or call CNMI EOC State Warning Point at (670) 237-8000 or (670) 664-8000. For the Northern Islands, contact CNMI EOC State Warning Point at high frequency single side band radio on frequency 5.205.0.
