The National Weather Service Guam’s midnight Special Weather Statement on July 3 states, “Bavi is forecast to continue strengthening over the next few days as it moves west-northwest toward the Marianas, potentially arriving to the islands as a strong Category 4, or even Category 5 typhoon, with forecasted maximum sustained winds of 155 mph.” Forecasters said model guidance supports “an eventual track” between Rota and Tinian, but stressed that “certainty on the exact path through the Marianas remains low. Bavi could potentially pass anywhere from south of Guam to north of Anatahan in the northern Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI).”