WTPQ31 PGUM 171900 TCPPQ1 BULLETIN TROPICAL STORM IN-FA (27W) INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY NUMBER 3A NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TIYAN GU WP272015 500 AM CHST WED NOV 18 2015 ...TROPICAL STORM IN-FA PASSING SOUTH OF POHNPEI... CHANGES WITH THIS ADVISORY -------------------------- NONE. WATCHES AND WARNINGS -------------------- A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SAPWUAFIK. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS OF 39 MPH OR MORE ARE IMMINENT. A TROPICAL STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR POHNPEI...NUKUORO AND PAKIN IN POHNPEI STATE...AND FOR LUKUNOR...LOSAP...CHUUK AND FANANU IN CHUUK STATE. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS OF 39 MPH OR MORE ARE POSSIBLE WITHIN 48 HOURS. SUMMARY OF 400 AM CHST...1800 UTC...INFORMATION ----------------------------------------------- LOCATION...5.4N 158.3E ABOUT 105 MILES SOUTH OF POHNPEI ABOUT 115 MILES SOUTH-SOUTHEAST OF PAKIN ABOUT 70 MILES EAST-SOUTHEAST OF SAPWUAFIK ABOUT 250 MILES EAST-NORTHEAST OF NUKUORO ABOUT 295 MILES EAST OF LUKUNOR ABOUT 395 MILES EAST-SOUTHEAST OF LOSAP ABOUT 460 MILES EAST-SOUTHEAST OF CHUUK ABOUT 480 MILES EAST-SOUTHEAST OF FANANU ABOUT 1085 MILES SOUTHEAST OF SAIPAN ABOUT 1075 MILES EAST-SOUTHEAST OF GUAM MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...45 MPH PRESENT MOVEMENT...WEST-NORTHWEST...290 DEGREES AT 18 MPH DISCUSSION AND OUTLOOK ---------------------- AT 400 AM CHST...1800 UTC...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM IN-FA WAS LOCATED BY SATELLITE NEAR LATITUDE 5.4 DEGREES NORTH AND LONGITUDE 158.3 DEGREES EAST...MOVING WEST-NORTHWEST AT 18 MPH. TROPICAL STORM IN-FA IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE ON THIS TRACK WITH A GRADUAL DECREASE IN FORWARD SPEED THROUGH THURSDAY...THEN TURN SLIGHTLY MORE TO THE WEST THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY. THIS TRACK TAKES IN-FA ABOUT 85 MILES SOUTHWEST OF POHNPEI AROUND 1000 AM CHST THIS MORNING. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS REMAIN AT 45 MPH...BUT SLOW INTENSIFICATION IS EXPECTED OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 65 MILES NORTHEAST OF THE CENTER AND 75 MILES SOUTHWEST OF THE CENTER. NEXT ADVISORY ------------- THE NEXT SCHEDULED ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AT 800 AM CHST...FOLLOWED BY AN INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY AT 1100 AM. $$ MIDDLEBROOKE