WTPQ31 PGUM 220706 TCPPQ1 BULLETIN TROPICAL STORM NOCK-TEN (30W) INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY NUMBER 4A NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TIYAN GU WP302016 500 PM CHST THU DEC 22 2016 ...TROPICAL STORM NOCK-TEN JUST MOVED PAST 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 TO PERSIST THE NEXT FEW HOURS. SUMMARY OF 400 PM CHST...0600 UTC...INFORMATION ----------------------------------------------- LOCATION...9.4N 137.9E ABOUT 15 MILES WEST-SOUTHWEST OF YAP ABOUT 80 MILES NORTH-NORTHEAST OF NGULU ABOUT 120 MILES WEST-SOUTHWEST OF ULITHI ABOUT 180 MILES WEST OF FAIS ABOUT 235 MILES EAST-NORTHEAST OF KAYANGEL ABOUT 280 MILES EAST-NORTHEAST OF KOROR MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...45 MPH PRESENT MOVEMENT...NORTHWEST...305 DEGREES AT 16 MPH DISCUSSION AND OUTLOOK ---------------------- AT 400 PM CHST...0600 UTC...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM NOCK-TEN WAS LOCATED BY SATELLITE NEAR LATITUDE 9.4 DEGREES NORTH AND LONGITUDE 137.9 DEGREES EAST. NOCK-TEN 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 FARTHER AWAY FROM 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 ------------- THE NEXT SCHEDULED ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AT 800 PM THIS EVENING...FOLLOWED BY AN INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY AT 1100 PM IF NEEDED. $$ SIMPSON