WTPQ31 PGUM 180946 TCPPQ1 BULLETIN TYPHOON IN-FA (27W) ADVISORY NUMBER 6 NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TIYAN GU WP272015 800 PM CHST WED NOV 18 2015 ...TROPICAL STORM IN-FA UPGRADED TO TYPHOON IN-FA... CHANGES WITH THIS ADVISORY -------------------------- A TYPHOON WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR CHUUK LAGOON AND LOSAP IN CHUUK STATE. A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR ULUL IN CHUUK STATE. THE TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS CANCELED FOR SAPWUAFIK IN POHNPEI STATE. THE TROPICAL STORM WATCH IS CANCELED FOR POHNPEI...PAKIN AND NUKUORO IN POHNPEI STATE. WATCHES AND WARNINGS -------------------- A TYPHOON WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR CHUUK LAGOON...LOSAP AND 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 ULUL AND LUKUNOR IN CHUUK STATE. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS OF 39 TO 73 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITHIN 24 HOURS. A TYPHOON WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ULUL IN CHUUK STATE. TYPHOON FORCE WINDS OF 74 MPH OR MORE ARE POSSIBLE WITHIN 48 HOURS. A TROPICAL STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR PULUWAT IN CHUUK STATE. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS OF 39 TO 73 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITHIN 48 HOURS. SUMMARY OF 700 PM CHST...0900 UTC...INFORMATION ----------------------------------------------- LOCATION...6.1N 155.2E ABOUT 90 MILES EAST-NORTHEAST OF LUKUNOR ABOUT 215 MILES WEST-SOUTHWEST OF POHNPEI ABOUT 180 MILES EAST-SOUTHEAST OF LOSAP ABOUT 245 MILES EAST-SOUTHEAST OF CHUUK ABOUT 275 MILES SOUTHEAST OF FANANU ABOUT 415 MILES EAST-SOUTHEAST OF ULUL ABOUT 425 MILES EAST-SOUTHEAST OF PULUWAT ABOUT 885 MILES SOUTHEAST OF GUAM AND SAIPAN MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...75 MPH PRESENT MOVEMENT...WEST...280 DEGREES AT 12 MPH DISCUSSION AND OUTLOOK ---------------------- AT 700 PM CHST...0900 UTC...THE CENTER OF TYPHOON IN-FA WAS LOCATED BY SATELLITE NEAR LATITUDE 6.1 DEGREES NORTH AND LONGITUDE 155.2 DEGREES EAST...MOVING WEST AT 12 MPH. TYPHOON IN-FA IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE IN THIS DIRECTION WITH A SLIGHT DECREASE IN FORWARD SPEED THROUGH THURSDAY. THIS TRACK TAKES IN-FA VERY CLOSE TO LOSAP AND CHUUK LAGOON LATE TONIGHT AND BEFORE NOON ON THURSDAY...RESPECTIVELY. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS REMAIN AT 75 MPH. IN-FA IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE INTENSIFYING OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS. LATEST SATELLITE IMAGERY INDICATE THAT TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 80 MILES TO THE NORTHWEST OF THE CENTER AND 125 MILES ELSEWHERE. 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 EARLY THURSDAY MORNING. $$ MILLER/M. AYDLETT/EDSON=