WTPQ31 PGUM 180110 TCPPQ1 BULLETIN TROPICAL STORM IN-FA (27W) SPECIAL ADVISORY NUMBER 4A NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TIYAN GU WP272015 1100 AM CHST WED NOV 18 2015 ...TROPICAL STORM IN-FA INTENSIFYING SOUTH OF POHNPEI... CHANGES WITH THIS ADVISORY -------------------------- A TROPICAL STORM WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR CHUUK...LOSAP AND FANANU IN CHUUK STATE. A TYPHOON WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR FANANU IN CHUUK STATE. A TROPICAL STORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR PULUWAT AND ULUL IN CHUUK STATE. WATCHES AND WARNINGS -------------------- A TYPHOON WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR FANANU IN CHUUK STATE. TYPHOON FORCE WINDS OF 74 MPH OR MORE ARE POSSIBLE WITHIN 48 HOURS. A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR SAPWUAFIK IN POHNPEI STATE AND CHUUK LAGOON...LOSAP AND FANANU IN CHUUK STATE. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS OF 39 TO 73 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITHIN 24 HOURS OR ARE ALREADY OCCURRING. A TROPICAL STORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR POHNPEI...NUKUORO AND PAKIN IN POHNPEI STATE...AND FOR LUKUNOR...PULUWAT AND ULUL IN CHUUK STATE. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS OF 39 TO 73 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITHIN 48 HOURS. SUMMARY OF 1000 AM CHST...0000 UTC...INFORMATION ----------------------------------------------- LOCATION...5.6N 156.8E ABOUT 45 MILES WEST-SOUTHWEST OF SAPWUAFIK ABOUT 125 MILES SOUTHWEST OF PAKIN ABOUT 130 MILES SOUTHWEST OF POHNPEI ABOUT 170 MILES NORTHEAST OF NUKUORO ABOUT 190 MILES EAST OF LUKUNOR ABOUT 295 MILES EAST-SOUTHEAST OF LOSAP ABOUT 360 MILES EAST-SOUTHEAST OF CHUUK ABOUT 385 MILES EAST-SOUTHEAST OF FANANU ABOUT 530 MILES EAST-SOUTHEAST OF ULUL ABOUT 540 MILES EAST OF PULUWAT ABOUT 985 MILES EAST-SOUTHEAST OF GUAM ABOUT 1000 MILES SOUTHEAST OF SAIPAN MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...60 MPH PRESENT MOVEMENT...WEST...270 DEGREES AT 20 MPH DISCUSSION AND OUTLOOK ---------------------- AT 1000 AM CHST...0000 UTC...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM IN-FA WAS LOCATED BY SATELLITE NEAR LATITUDE 5.6 DEGREES NORTH AND LONGITUDE 156.8 DEGREES EAST...MOVING WEST AT 20 MPH. TROPICAL STORM IN-FA IS EXPECTED TO TURN TO THE WEST-NORTHWEST LATER TODAY WITH A GRADUAL DECREASE IN FORWARD SPEED THROUGH THURSDAY. IN-FA IS WILL TURN SLIGHTLY MORE TO THE WEST THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY. THIS TRACK TAKES IN-FA NEAR FANANU THURSDAY. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS HAVE INCREASED TO 60 MPH. IN-FA IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE INTENSIFYING OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 75 MILES FROM THE CENTER. NEXT ADVISORY ------------- THE NEXT SCHEDULED ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AT 200 PM CHST THIS AFTERNOON...FOLLOWED BY AN INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY AT 500 PM. $$ W. AYDLETT