WTPQ32 PGUM 152201 TCPPQ2 BULLETIN TROPICAL DEPRESSION LAN (25W) ADVISORY NUMBER 2 NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TIYAN GU WP252017 800 AM CHST MON OCT 16 2017 ...TROPICAL DEPRESSION LAN INTENSIFYING WEST-NORTHWEST OF YAP... CHANGES WITH THIS ADVISORY -------------------------- NONE. WATCHES AND WARNINGS -------------------------- NONE. SUMMARY OF 700 AM CHST...2100 UTC...INFORMATION ------------------------------------------------ LOCATION...10.3N 136.1E ABOUT 145 MILES WEST-NORTHWEST OF YAP ABOUT 170 MILES NORTHWEST OF NGULU ABOUT 180 MILES NORTH-NORTHEAST OF KAYANGEL ABOUT 235 MILES NORTH-NORTHEAST OF KOROR ABOUT 240 MILES WEST OF ULITHI AND ABOUT 625 MILES WEST-SOUTHWEST OF GUAM MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...35 MPH PRESENT MOVEMENT...NORTH-NORTHWEST...335 DEGREES AT 10 MPH DISCUSSION AND OUTLOOK ---------------------- AT 700 AM CHST...2100 UTC...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL DEPRESSION LAN WAS LOCATED BY SATELLITE NEAR LATITUDE 10.3 DEGREES NORTH AND LONGITUDE 136.1 DEGREES EAST...MOVING NORTH-NORTHWEST AT 10 MPH. TROPICAL DEPRESSION LAN IS EXPECTED TO SLOWLY TURN TOWARD THE WEST-NORTHWEST THEN BACK TOWARD THE NORTH-NORTHWEST OVER THE NEXT COUPLE DAYS WITH A SLIGHT DECREASE IN FORWARD SPEED. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE 35 MPH. TROPICAL DEPRESSION LAN IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE INTENSIFYING RAPIDLY AND WILL MOST LIKELY BECOME A TROPICAL STORM IN THE NEXT FEW HOURS. NEXT ADVISORY ------------- THE NEXT SCHEDULED ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AT 200 PM CHST THIS AFTERNOON. ... STANKO