WTPQ31 PGUM 202111 TCPPQ1 BULLETIN TYPHOON IN-FA (27W) ADVISORY NUMBER 16 NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TIYAN GU WP272015 800 AM CHST SAT NOV 21 2015 ...TYPHOON IN-FA MAINTAINING INTENSITY SOUTH-SOUTHWEST OF GUAM... CHANGES WITH THIS ADVISORY -------------------------- NONE. WATCHES AND WARNINGS -------------------- A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR GUAM. TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS INCLUDING DAMAGING WINDS OF 39 TO 73 MPH ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE...MAINLY IN SOUTHERN GUAM WATERS...UNTIL LATER THIS MORNING. SUMMARY OF 700 AM CHST...2100 UTC...INFORMATION ----------------------------------------------- LOCATION...11.1N 143.7E ABOUT 180 MILES SOUTH-SOUTHWEST OF GUAM ABOUT 230 MILES SOUTH-SOUTHWEST OF ROTA ABOUT 300 MILES SOUTH-SOUTHWEST OF TINIAN ABOUT 310 MILES SOUTH-SOUTHWEST OF SAIPAN MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...115 MPH PRESENT MOVEMENT...WEST...275 DEGREES AT 18 MPH DISCUSSION AND OUTLOOK ---------------------- AT 700 AM CHST...2100 UTC...THE CENTER OF TYPHOON IN-FA WAS LOCATED BY RADAR NEAR LATITUDE 11.1 DEGREES NORTH AND LONGITUDE 143.7 DEGREES EAST...MOVING WEST AT 18 MPH. IN-FA IS EXPECTED TO RESUME A WEST-NORTHWEST HEADING LATER TODAY WITH A SLIGHT DECREASE IN FORWARD SPEED. IN-FA HAS MADE ITS CLOSEST POINT OF APPROACH TO GUAM AND IS HEADING INTO THE OPEN WATERS OF THE PHILIPPINE SEA. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS REMAIN AT 115 MPH. TYPHOON FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 40 MILES FROM THE CENTER. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 130 MILES NORTH OF THE CENTER...AND UP TO 110 MILES SOUTH OF THE CENTER. IN-FA IS EXPECTED TO INTENSIFY THROUGH SUNDAY. NEXT ADVISORY ------------- AN INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AT 1100 AM CHST...FOLLOWED BY THE NEXT SCHEDULED ADVISORY AT 200 PM THIS AFTERNOON. $$ WILLIAMS