WTPQ31 PGUM 170635 TCPPQ1 BULLETIN TROPICAL DEPRESSION 27W INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY NUMBER 1A NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TIYAN GU WP272015 500 PM CHST TUE NOV 17 2015 ...TROPICAL DEPRESSION 27W MOVING INTO EASTERN POHNPEI STATE... CHANGES WITH THIS ADVISORY -------------------------- NONE. WATCHES AND WARNINGS -------------------- A TROPICAL STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR POHNPEI...SAPWUAFIK AND PAKIN. A TROPICAL STORM WATCH MEANS THAT TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS OF 39 TO 73 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITHIN 48 HOURS. SUMMARY OF 400 PM CHST...0600 UTC...INFORMATION ----------------------------------------------- LOCATION...4.2N 161.7E ABOUT 115 MILES SOUTHWEST OF KOSRAE ABOUT 305 MILES SOUTHEAST OF POHNPEI ABOUT 325 MILES SOUTHEAST OF PAKIN ABOUT 320 MILES EAST-SOUTHEAST OF SAPWUAFIK ABOUT 1320 MILES EAST-SOUTHEAST OF SAIPAN AND ABOUT 1320 MILES EAST-SOUTHEAST OF GUAM MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...30 MPH PRESENT MOVEMENT...WEST...270 DEGREES AT 20 MPH DISCUSSION AND OUTLOOK ---------------------- AT 400 PM CHST...0600 UTC...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL DEPRESSION 27W WAS LOCATED BY SATELLITE NEAR LATITUDE 4.2 DEGREES NORTH AND LONGITUDE 161.7 DEGREES EAST...MOVING WEST AT 20 MPH. THIS POSITION REFLECTS A SLIGHT RELOCATION FARTHER SOUTH THAN THE PREVIOUS ADVISORY. TD 27W HAS MOVED DUE WEST DURING THE PAST 3 TO 6 HOURS. TROPICAL DEPRESSION 27W IS EXPECTED TO GRADUALLY TURN TOWARD THE WEST-NORTHWEST WITH LITTLE CHANGE IN FORWARD SPEED OVER THE NEXT 24 TO 48 HOURS. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE 30 MPH. TROPICAL DEPRESSION 27W IS FORECASTED TO INTENSIFY DURING THE NEXT FEW DAYS AND COULD BECOME A TROPICAL STORM WEDNESDAY. NEXT ADVISORY ------------- THE NEXT SCHEDULED ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FOR TROPICAL DEPRESSION 27W AT 800 PM CHST FOLLOWED BY AN INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY ISSUED AT 1100 PM LATER THIS EVENING. $$ EDSON