WTPQ31 PGUM 172116 TCPPQ1 BULLETIN TROPICAL STORM IN-FA (27W) ADVISORY NUMBER 4 NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TIYAN GU WP272015 800 AM CHST WED NOV 18 2015 ...TROPICAL STORM IN-FA INTENSIFYING 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 700 AM CHST...2100 UTC...INFORMATION ----------------------------------------------- LOCATION...5.8N 157.7E ABOUT 22 MILES EAST-SOUTHEAST OF SAPWUAFIK ABOUT 85 MILES SOUTH-SOUTHWEST OF POHNPEI ABOUT 85 MILES SOUTH OF PAKIN ABOUT 230 MILES NORTHEAST OF NUKUORO ABOUT 255 MILES EAST OF LUKUNOR ABOUT 350 MILES EAST-SOUTHEAST OF LOSAP ABOUT 415 MILES EAST-SOUTHEAST OF CHUUK ABOUT 430 MILES EAST-SOUTHEAST OF FANANU ABOUT 1035 MILES SOUTHEAST OF SAIPAN ABOUT 1040 MILES SOUTHEAST OF GUAM MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...50 MPH PRESENT MOVEMENT...WEST-NORTHWEST...295 DEGREES AT 20 MPH DISCUSSION AND OUTLOOK ---------------------- AT 700 AM CHST...2100 UTC...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM IN-FA WAS LOCATED BY SATELLITE NEAR LATITUDE 5.8 DEGREES NORTH AND LONGITUDE 157.7 DEGREES EAST...MOVING WEST-NORTHWEST AT 20 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 VERY NEAR SAPWUAFIK...ABOUT 85 MILES SOUTHWEST OF POHNPEI...THIS MORNING. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS HAVE INCREASED TO 50 MPH. IN-FA IS EXPECTED TO GRADUALLY INTENSIFY OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 75 MILES SOUTH OF THE CENTER AND 65 MILES NORTH OF THE CENTER. NEXT ADVISORY ------------- AN INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AT 1100 AM CHST...FOLLOWED BY THE NEXT SCHEDULED ADVISORY AT 200 PM THIS AFTERNOON. $$ WILLIAMS=