WTPQ31 PGUM 180707 TCPPQ1 BULLETIN TROPICAL STORM IN-FA (27W) INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY NUMBER 5A NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TIYAN GU WP272015 500 PM CHST WED NOV 18 2015 ...TROPICAL STORM IN-FA LOOKING BETTER ORGANIZED EAST OF LUKUNOR... CHANGES WITH THIS ADVISORY -------------------------- NONE. WATCHES AND WARNINGS -------------------- A TYPHOON WARNING IS IN 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 TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR SAPWUAFIK IN POHNPEI STATE AND FOR 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 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 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 TONIGHT. SUMMARY OF 400 PM CHST...0600 UTC...INFORMATION ----------------------------------------------- LOCATION...5.7N 155.5E ABOUT 105 MILES EAST OF LUKUNOR ABOUT 130 MILES NORTH-NORTHEAST OF NUKUORO ABOUT 130 MILES WEST OF SAPWUAFIK ABOUT 190 MILES WEST-SOUTHWEST OF PAKIN ABOUT 205 MILES WEST-SOUTHWEST OF POHNPEI ABOUT 205 MILES EAST-SOUTHEAST OF LOSAP ABOUT 275 MILES EAST-SOUTHEAST OF CHUUK ABOUT 310 MILES EAST-SOUTHEAST OF FANANU ABOUT 445 MILES EAST-SOUTHEAST OF ULUL ABOUT 455 MILES EAST-SOUTHEAST OF POLOWAT ABOUT 905 MILES SOUTHEAST OF GUAM ABOUT 930 MILES SOUTHEAST OF SAIPAN MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...60 MPH PRESENT MOVEMENT...WEST-NORTHWEST...285 DEGREES AT 17 MPH DISCUSSION AND OUTLOOK ---------------------- AT 400 PM CHST...0600 UTC...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM IN-FA WAS LOCATED BY SATELLITE NEAR LATITUDE 5.7 DEGREES NORTH AND LONGITUDE 155.5 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 BETWEEN FANANU AND CHUUK LAGOON AS A TYPHOON ON THURSDAY. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS REMAIN AT 60 MPH. IN-FA IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE INTENSIFYING OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS...BECOMING A TYPHOON LATER THIS EVENING. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 85 MILES FROM THE CENTER. NEXT ADVISORY ------------- THE NEXT SCHEDULED ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AT 800 PM CHST...FOLLOWED BY AN INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY AT 1100 PM TONIGHT. $$ W. AYDLETT=