WTPQ33 PGUM 231525 RRA TCPPQ3 BULLETIN TROPICAL STORM 27W ADVISORY NUMBER 16 NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TIYAN GU WP272017 200 AM CHST TUE OCT 24 2017 ...TROPICAL DEPRESSION 27W IS NOW A TROPICAL STORM... CHANGES WITH THIS ADVISORY --------------------------- NONE. WATCHES AND WARNINGS -------------------------- A TROPICAL STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR GUAM...ROTA AND SURROUNDING COASTAL WATERS IN THE MARIANA ISLANDS. SUMMARY OF 100 AM CHST...1500 UTC...INFORMATION ------------------------------------------------ LOCATION...9.9N 145.3E ABOUT 250 MILES SOUTH OF GUAM ABOUT 290 MILES SOUTH OF ROTA ABOUT 355 MILES SOUTH OF TINIAN ABOUT 360 MILES SOUTH OF SAIPAN ABOUT 210 MILES NORTHWEST OF SATAWAL ABOUT 310 MILES WEST-NORTHWEST OF ULUL ABOUT 320 MILES NORTHWEST OF PULUWAT ABOUT 105 MILES NORTH-NORTHEAST OF FARAULEP ABOUT 325 MILES EAST OF FAIS ABOUT 390 MILES EAST OG ULITHI MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...45 MPH PRESENT MOVEMENT...WEST-NORTHWEST...290 DEGREES AT 9 MPH. DISCUSSION AND OUTLOOK ---------------------- AT 100 AM CHST...1500 UTC...THE POORLY DEFINED CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM 27W WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 9.9 DEGREES NORTH AND LONGITUDE 145.3 DEGREES EAST...MOVING WEST-NORTHWEST AT 9 MPH. TROPICAL STORM 27W IS EXPECTED TO TURN TOWARD THE NORTHWEST LATER TODAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY WITH AN INCREASE IN FORWARD SPEED. THIS FORECAST TRACK STILL ANTICIPATES 27W PASSING SOUTHWEST OF GUAM THIS AFTERNOON. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS HAVE INCREASED TO NEAR 45 MPH. TROPICAL STORM 27W IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TO STRENGTHEN SLOWLY. ONCE OVER THE PHILIPPINE SEA, 27W SHOULD INTENSIFY FURTHER ON WEDNESDAY AND