WTPQ31 PGUM 220337 TCPPQ1 BULLETIN TROPICAL STORM NOCK-TEN (30W) ADVISORY NUMBER 4 NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TIYAN GU WP302016 200 PM CHST THU DEC 22 2016 ...TROPICAL STORM NOCK-TEN CLOSING IN ON YAP... CHANGES WITH THIS ADVISORY -------------------------- NONE. WATCHES AND WARNINGS -------------------- A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR YAP ISLAND AND NGULU IN YAP STATE. TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS...INCLUDING WINDS OF 39 MPH OR MORE...ARE EXPECTED DURING THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS. SUMMARY OF 100 PM CHST...0300 UTC...INFORMATION ----------------------------------------------- LOCATION...9.1N 138.4E ABOUT 35 MILES SOUTHEAST OF YAP ABOUT 85 MILES NORTHEAST OF NGULU ABOUT 100 MILES WEST-SOUTHWEST OF ULITHI ABOUT 150 MILES WEST-SOUTHWEST OF FAIS ABOUT 260 MILES EAST-NORTHEAST OF KAYANGEL ABOUT 300 MILES EAST-NORTHEAST OF KOROR ABOUT 525 MILES SOUTHWEST OF GUAM MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...45 MPH PRESENT MOVEMENT...NORTHWEST...305 DEGREES AT 16 MPH DISCUSSION AND OUTLOOK ---------------------- AT 100 PM CHST...0300 UTC...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM NOCK-TEN WAS LOCATED BY SATELLITE NEAR LATITUDE 9.1 DEGREES NORTH AND LONGITUDE 138.4 DEGREES EAST. THE TROPICAL STORM IS MOVING NORTHWEST AT 16 MPH. A SLIGHT TURN TOWARD THE WEST-NOTHWEST WITH LITTLE CHANGE IN FORWARD SPEED IS EXPECTED THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING. THIS TRACK WILL TAKE NOCK-TEN JUST SOUTH OF YAP DURING THE NEXT FEW HOURS. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS REMAIN AT 45 MPH. NOCK-TEN WILL CONTINUE TO STRENGTHEN AND LIKELY BECOME A TYPHOON BY SATURDAY. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD FROM NOCK-TEN UP TO 75 MILES ON THE EAST SIDE AND 45 MILES ON THE WEST SIDE. NEXT ADVISORY ------------- AN INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AT 500 PM THIS AFTERNOON...FOLLOWED BY THE NEXT SCHEDULED ADVISORY AT 800 PM THIS EVENING. $$ STANKO