WTPQ31 PGUM 171607 TCPPQ1 BULLETIN TROPICAL STORM IN-FA (27W) ADVISORY NUMBER 3 NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TIYAN GU WP272015 200 AM CHST WED NOV 18 2015 ...TROPICAL STORM IN-FA NOW ON A WEST-NORTHWEST TRACK... CHANGES WITH THIS ADVISORY -------------------------- NONE. WATCHES AND WARNINGS -------------------- A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SAPWUAFIK. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS OF 39 MPH OR MORE ARE EXPECTED LATER THIS MORNING. A TROPICAL STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR POHNPEI...NUKUORO AND PAKIN IN POHNPEI STATE. AND...LUKUNOR...LOSAP...CHUUK AND FANANU IN CHUUK STATE. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS OF 39 MPH OR MORE ARE POSSIBLE WITHIN 48 HOURS. SUMMARY OF 100 AM CHST...1500 UTC...INFORMATION ----------------------------------------------- LOCATION...5.0N 159.2E ABOUT 150 MILES SOUTH-SOUTHEAST OF POHNPEI ABOUT 165 MILES SOUTH-SOUTHEAST OF PAKIN ABOUT 140 MILES EAST-SOUTHEAST OF SAPWUAFIK ABOUT 300 MILES EAST-NORTHEAST OF NUKUORO ABOUT 360 MILES EAST OF LUKUNOR ABOUT 465 MILES EAST-SOUTHEAST OF LOSAP ABOUT 530 MILES EAST-SOUTHEAST OF CHUUK ABOUT 545 MILES EAST-SOUTHEAST OF FANANU ABOUT 1150 MILES SOUTHEAST OF SAIPAN ABOUT 1145 MILES EAST-SOUTHEAST OF GUAM MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...45 MPH PRESENT MOVEMENT...WEST-NORTHWEST...290 DEGREES AT 18 MPH DISCUSSION AND OUTLOOK ---------------------- AT 100 AM CHST...1500 UTC...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM IN-FA WAS LOCATED BY SATELLITE NEAR LATITUDE 5.0 DEGREES NORTH AND LONGITUDE 159.2 DEGREES EAST...MOVING WEST-NORTHWEST AT 18 MPH. TROPICAL STORM IN-FA IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE ON THIS TRACK WITH A GRADUAL DECREASE IN FORWARD SPEED THROUGH THURSDAY...THEN TURN SLIGHTLY MORE TO THE WEST THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY. THIS TRACK TAKES IN-FA ABOUT 85 MILES SOUTHWEST OF POHNPEI AROUND 1000 AM CHST THIS MORNING. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS HAVE INCREASED TO 45 MPH...AND SLOW INTENSIFICATION IS EXPECTED OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 65 MILES NORTHEAST OF THE CENTER AND 75 MILES SOUTHWEST OF THE CENTER. NEXT ADVISORY ------------- AN INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AT 500 AM CHST...FOLLOWED BY THE NEXT SCHEDULED ADVISORY AT 800 AM. $$ MIDDLEBROOKE