WTPQ31 PGUM 250825 TCPPQ1 BULLETIN TROPICAL STORM IN-FA (27W) ADVISORY NUMBER 34 NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TIYAN GU WP272015 800 PM CHST WED NOV 25 2015 ...TROPICAL STORM IN-FA CONTINUES TOWARD IWO TO... CHANGES WITH THIS ADVISORY -------------------------- NONE. WATCHES AND WARNINGS -------------------- NONE. SUMMARY OF 700 PM CHST...0900 UTC...INFORMATION ---------------------------------------------- LOCATION...20.5N 136.5E ABOUT 425 MILES SOUTHWEST OF IWO TO ABOUT 685 MILES SOUTHEAST OF OKINAWA ABOUT 725 MILES NORTHWEST OF GUAM AND SAIPAN MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...50 MPH PRESENT MOVEMENT...EAST-NORTHEAST...075 DEGREES AT 13 MPH DISCUSSION AND OUTLOOK ---------------------- AT 700 PM CHST...0900 UTC...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM IN-FA WAS EXPECTED TO BE LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 20.5 NORTH AND LONGITUDE 136.5 EAST...MOVING EAST-NORTHEAST AT 13 MPH. OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS...IN- FA IS EXPECTED TO ACCELERATE TOWARD THE NORTHEAST...TAKING IT INTO THE OPEN NORTH PACIFIC AS IT TRANSITIONS INTO A MID-LATITUDE WINTER STORM. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS HAVE PULSED BETWEEN 50 AND 60 MPH. STEADY WEAKENING IS FORECAST TO AGAIN CONTINUE AS IN-FA LOSES ITS TROPICAL CHARACTERISTICS. HOWEVER...RECENT SATLLITE IMAGERY SHOWS SOME PULSING OF NEW CONVECTION NEAR THE CENTER WHICH MAY DELAY THE EXPECTED WEAKENING TREND AND EXTRATROPICAL TRANSITION FOR AN ADDITIONAL DAY. THIS WILL BE MONITORED CAREFULLY FOR ANY MODIFICATIONS TO THIS FORECAST. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 100 MILES FROM THE CENTER...WITH GREATEST EXTENT ALONG ITS EASTERN PREIPHERY. NEXT ADVISORY ------------- THE NEXT SCHEDULED ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE THIS EVENING AT 200 AM. $$ EDSON