WTPQ31 PGUM 170947 TCPPQ1 BULLETIN TROPICAL STORM 27W ADVISORY NUMBER 2 NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TIYAN GU WP272015 800 PM CHST TUE NOV 17 2015 ...27W NOW A TROPICAL STORM... CHANGES WITH THIS ADVISORY -------------------------- A TROPICAL STORM WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR SAPWUAFIK IN POHNPEI STATE. A TROPICAL STORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR NUKUORO IN POHNPEI STATE AND LUKUNOR...LOSAP...CHUUK AND FANANU IN CHUUK STATE. WATCHES AND WARNINGS -------------------- A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR SAPWUAFIK. A TROPICAL STORM WARNING MEANS THAT TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS OF 39 TO 73 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITHIN 24 HOURS. A TROPICAL STORM WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR NUKUORO IN POHNPEI STATE AND LUKUNOR...LOSAP...CHUUK AND FANANU IN CHUUK STATE. A TROPICAL STORM WATCH MEANS THAT TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS OF 39 TO 73 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITHIN 48 HOURS. A TROPICAL STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR POHNPEI AND PAKIN. A TROPICAL STORM WATCH MEANS THAT TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS OF 39 TO 73 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITHIN 24 TO 36 HOURS. SUMMARY OF 700 PM CHST...0900 UTC...INFORMATION ----------------------------------------------- LOCATION...4.3N 160.3E ABOUT 240 MILES SOUTHEAST OF POHNPEI AND PAKIN ABOUT 230 MILES EAST-SOUTHEAST OF SAPWUAFIK ABOUT 365 MILES EAST OF NUKUORO ABOUT 445 MILES EAST-SOUTHEAST OF LUKUNOR ABOUT 550 MILES EAST-SOUTHEAST OF LOSAP ABOUT 620 MILES EAST-SOUTHEAST OF CHUUK ABOUT 635 MILES EAST-SOUTHEAST OF FANANU ABOUT 1240 MILES SOUTHEAST OF SAIPAN ABOUT 1235 MILES EAST-SOUTHEAST OF GUAM MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...40 MPH PRESENT MOVEMENT...WEST...270 DEGREES AT 22 MPH DISCUSSION AND OUTLOOK ---------------------- AT 700 PM CHST...0900 UTC...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM 27W WAS LOCATED BY SATELLITE NEAR LATITUDE 4.3 DEGREES NORTH AND LONGITUDE 160.3 DEGREES EAST...MOVING WEST AT 22 MPH. THIS POSITION REFLECTS A RELOCATION FARTHER WEST THAN THE JTWC WARNING POSITION. TS 27W HAS MOVED FASTER TOWARD THE WEST THAN ANTICIPATED DURING THE PAST 3 TO 6 HOURS. TROPICAL STORM 27W IS EXPECTED TO GRADUALLY TURN TOWARD THE WEST-NORTHWEST WITH A SLIGHT DROP IN FORWARD SPEED OVER THE NEXT 24 TO 48 HOURS. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS HAVE INCREASED TO 40 MPH. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 30 MILES FROM THE CENTER. TROPICAL STORM 27W IS FORECAST TO INTENSIFY SLOWLY DURING THE NEXT FEW DAYS. NEXT ADVISORY ------------- AN INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AT 1100 PM CHST FOLLOWED BY THE NEXT SCHEDULED ADVISORY AT 200 AM WEDNESDAY MORNING. $$ M AYDLETT/GUARD/EDSON