WTPQ31 PGUM 251430 TCPPQ1 BULLETIN TROPICAL STORM IN-FA (27W) ADVISORY NUMBER 35 NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TIYAN GU WP272015 200 AM CHST THU NOV 26 2015 ...TROPICAL STORM IN-FA HEADING TOWARD IWO TO ISLAND... CHANGES WITH THIS ADVISORY -------------------------- NONE. WATCHES AND WARNINGS -------------------- NONE. SUMMARY OF 100 AM CHST...1500 UTC...INFORMATION ----------------------------------------------- LOCATION...21.1N 137.7E ABOUT 345 MILES SOUTHWEST OF IWO TO ISLAND ABOUT 670 MILES NORTHWEST OF SAIPAN ABOUT 705 MILES NORTHWEST OF GUAM AND ABOUT 725 MILES EAST-SOUTHEAST OF OKINAWA MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...45 MPH PRESENT MOVEMENT...EAST-NORTHEAST...065 DEGREES AT 14 MPH DISCUSSION AND OUTLOOK ---------------------- AT 100 AM CHST...1500 UTC...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM IN-FA WAS EXPECTED TO BE LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 21.1 NORTH AND LONGITUDE 137.7 EAST...MOVING EAST-NORTHEAST AT 14 MPH. IN-FA IS EXPECTED TO MAKE A SLIGHT TURN TO THE NORTHEAST WITH A DRAMATIC INCREASE IN FORWARD SPEED THROUGH FRIDAY...TAKING IT A LITTLE SOUTHEAST OF IWO TO ISLAND AS IT TRANSITIONS INTO A MID-LATITUDE WINTER STORM. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS HAVE DIMINISHED TO 45 MPH. STEADY WEAKENING IS FORECAST TO CONTINUE AS IN-FA UNDERGOES INCREASING SHEAR AND LOSES ITS TROPICAL CHARACTERISTICS. HOWEVER...RECENT SATLLITE IMAGERY SHOWS SOME PULSING OF NEW CONVECTION NEAR THE CENTER WHICH MAY DELAY THE EXTRATROPICAL TRANSITION FOR ONE MORE 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 ON THE EAST SIDE AND UP TO 75 MILES ON THE WEST SIDE. NEXT ADVISORY ------------- THE NEXT SCHEDULED ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LATER THIS MORNING AT 800 AM CHST. $$ STANKO