WTPQ31 PGUM 181904 TCPPQ1 BULLETIN TROPICAL STORM IN-FA (27W) ADVISORY NUMBER 7A NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TIYAN GU WP272015 500 AM CHST THU NOV 19 2015 ...IN-FA WEAKENS TO TROPICAL STORM... CHANGES WITH THIS ADVISORY -------------------------- NONE. WATCHES AND WARNINGS -------------------- A TYPHOON WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CHUUK LAGOON...LOSAP AND FANANU IN CHUUK STATE. TYPHOON CONDITIONS INCLUDING DESTRUCTIVE WINDS OF 74 MPH OR MORE ARE EXPECTED TODAY OR TONIGHT. A TROPICAL STORM WARNING AND A TYPHOON WATCH REMAIN IN EFFECT FOR ULUL IN CHUUK STATE. TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS INCLUDING DAMAGING WINDS OF 39 MPH OR MORE ARE EXPECTED WITHIN 24 HOURS...AND TYPHOON CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE WITHIN 24 HOURS. A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR LUKUNOR IN CHUUK STATE. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS ARE STILL IN PROGRESS. A TROPICAL STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR PULUWAT IN CHUUK STATE. TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE WITHIN 48 HOURS. SUMMARY OF 100 AM CHST...1500 UTC...INFORMATION ----------------------------------------------- LOCATION...6.7N 153.9E ABOUT 75 MILES NORTH OF LUKUNOR ABOUT 295 MILES WEST OF POHNPEI ABOUT 80 MILES EAST-SOUTHEAST OF LOSAP ABOUT 150 MILES EAST-SOUTHEAST OF CHUUK ABOUT 180 MILES SOUTHEAST OF FANANU ABOUT 320 MILES EAST-SOUTHEAST OF ULUL ABOUT 335 MILES EAST OF PULUWAT ABOUT 800 MILES SOUTHEAST OF SAIPAN ABOUT 775 MILES SOUTHEAST OF GUAM MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...65 MPH PRESENT MOVEMENT...WEST-NORTHWEST...290 DEGREES AT 14 MPH DISCUSSION AND OUTLOOK ---------------------- AT 400 AM CHST...1800 UTC...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM IN-FA WAS LOCATED BY SATELLITE NEAR LATITUDE 6.7 DEGREES NORTH AND LONGITUDE 153.9 DEGREES EAST...MOVING WEST-NORTHWEST AT 14 MPH. THIS MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THE NEXT FEW DAYS...WITH A SLIGHT TURN TO A MORE WESTWARD HEADING FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY. THIS TRACK TAKES IN-FA PAST LOSAP THIS MORNING...PAST CHUUK THIS AFTERNOON AND PAST FANANU THIS EVENING. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS HAVE WEAKENED TO 65 MPH. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 55 MILES NORTHWEST THROUGH NORTHEAST OF THE CENTER...AND UP TO 75 MILES SOUTHEAST THROUGH SOUTHWEST OF THE CENTER. IN-FA IS EXPECTED TO INTENSIFY OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS...AND SHOULD REGAIN TYPHOON STATUS BY THIS AFTERNOON OR EVENING. NEXT ADVISORY ------------- THE NEXT SCHEDULED ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AT 800 AM CHST...FOLLOWED BY AN INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY AT 1100 AM. $$ MIDDLEBROOKE