WTPQ31 PGUM 180325 TCPPQ1 BULLETIN TROPICAL STORM IN-FA (27W) ADVISORY NUMBER 5 NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TIYAN GU WP272015 200 PM CHST WED NOV 18 2015 ...TROPICAL STORM IN-FA INTENSIFYING SOUTHWEST OF POHNPEI... CHANGES WITH THIS ADVISORY -------------------------- A TYPHOON WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR FANANU IN CHUUK STATE. A TYPHOON WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR CHUUK LAGOON...LOSAP AND ULUL IN CHUUK STATE. A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR LUKUNOR IN CHUUK STATE. WATCHES AND WARNINGS -------------------- A TYPHOON WARNING IS EFFECT FOR FANANU IN CHUUK STATE. A TYPHOON WARNING MEANS THAT TYPHOON FORCE WINDS OF 74 MPH OR MORE ARE EXPECTED WITHIN 24 HOURS. A TYPHOON WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR CHUUK LAGOON...LOSAP AND ULUL 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 LUKUNOR 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...PAKIN AND NUKUORO IN POHNPEI STATE...AND FOR POLOWAT IN CHUUK STATE. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS OF 39 TO 73 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITHIN 48 HOURS. SUMMARY OF 100 PM CHST...0300 UTC...INFORMATION ----------------------------------------------- LOCATION...6.0N 156.3E ABOUT 75 MILES WEST OF SAPWUAFIK ABOUT 130 MILES WEST-SOUTHWEST OF PAKIN ABOUT 145 MILES WEST-SOUTHWEST OF POHNPEI ABOUT 160 MILES EAST OF LUKUNOR ABOUT 170 MILES NORTH-NORTHEAST OF NUKUORO ABOUT 250 MILES EAST-SOUTHEAST OF LOSAP ABOUT 320 MILES EAST-SOUTHEAST OF CHUUK ABOUT 340 MILES EAST-SOUTHEAST OF FANANU ABOUT 490 MILES EAST-SOUTHEAST OF ULUL ABOUT 505 MILES EAST OF POLOWAT ABOUT 940 MILES EAST-SOUTHEAST OF GUAM ABOUT 955 MILES SOUTHEAST OF SAIPAN MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...60 MPH PRESENT MOVEMENT...WEST-NORTHWEST...285 DEGREES AT 17 MPH DISCUSSION AND OUTLOOK ---------------------- AT 100 PM CHST...0300 UTC...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM IN-FA WAS LOCATED BY SATELLITE NEAR LATITUDE 6.0 DEGREES NORTH AND LONGITUDE 156.3 DEGREES EAST...MOVING WEST-NORTHWEST AT 17 MPH. TROPICAL STORM IN-FA IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE IN THIS DIRECTION WITH A SLIGHT DECREASE IN FORWARD SPEED THROUGH THURSDAY. IN-FA WILL TURN MORE TO THE WEST THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY. THIS TRACK TAKES IN-FA NEAR FANANU AS A TYPHOON ON THURSDAY. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS REMAIN AT 60 MPH. IN-FA IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE INTENSIFYING OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 85 MILES FROM THE CENTER. NEXT ADVISORY ------------- AN INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AT 500 PM CHST...FOLLOWED BY THE NEXT SCHEDULED ADVISORY AT 800 PM THIS EVENING. $$ W. AYDLETT