WTPQ31 PGUM 181308 TCPPQ1 BULLETIN TYPHOON IN-FA (27W) INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY NUMBER 6A NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TIYAN GU WP272015 1100 PM CHST WED NOV 18 2015 ...TYPHOON IN-FA MOVING CLOSER TO LOSAP AND CHUUK LAGOON... CHANGES WITH THIS ADVISORY -------------------------- NONE. WATCHES AND WARNINGS -------------------- A TYPHOON WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CHUUK LAGOON...LOSAP AND FANANU IN CHUUK STATE. A TYPHOON WARNING MEANS THAT TYPHOON FORCE WINDS OF 74 MPH OR MORE ARE EXPECTED WITHIN 24 HOURS. A TROPICAL STORM WARNING AND A TYPHOON WATCH REMAIN IN EFFECT FOR ULUL IN CHUUK STATE. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS OF 39 TO 73 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITHIN 24 HOURS WHILE TYPHOON FORCE WINDS OF 74 MPH OR MORE ARE POSSIBLE WITHIN 24 TO 48 HOURS. A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR LUKUNOR IN CHUUK STATE. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS OF 39 TO 73 MPH ARE IMMINENT OR ARE OCCURRING. A TROPICAL STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR PULUWAT IN CHUUK STATE. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS OF 39 TO 73 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITHIN 48 HOURS. SUMMARY OF 1000 PM CHST...1200 UTC...INFORMATION ----------------------------------------------- LOCATION...6.2N 154.7E ABOUT 65 MILES NORTHEAST OF LUKUNOR ABOUT 245 MILES WEST OF POHNPEI ABOUT 145 MILES EAST-SOUTHEAST OF LOSAP ABOUT 210 MILES EAST-SOUTHEAST OF CHUUK ABOUT 245 MILES SOUTHEAST OF FANANU ABOUT 380 MILES EAST-SOUTHEAST OF ULUL ABOUT 390 MILES EAST OF PULUWAT ABOUT 855 MILES SOUTHEAST OF GUAM AND SAIPAN MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...75 MPH PRESENT MOVEMENT...WEST-NORTHWEST...285 DEGREES AT 14 MPH DISCUSSION AND OUTLOOK ---------------------- AT 1000 PM CHST...1200 UTC...THE CENTER OF TYPHOON IN-FA WAS LOCATED BY SATELLITE NEAR LATITUDE 6.2 DEGREES NORTH AND LONGITUDE 154.7 DEGREES EAST...MOVING WEST-NORTHWEST AT 14 MPH. TYPHOON IN-FA IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE IN THIS DIRECTION WITH A SLIGHT DECREASE IN FORWARD SPEED THROUGH THURSDAY. THIS TRACK TAKES IN-FA VERY CLOSE TO LOSAP AND CHUUK LAGOON LATE TONIGHT AND BEFORE NOON ON THURSDAY...RESPECTIVELY. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS REMAIN AT 75 MPH. IN-FA IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE INTENSIFYING OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS. LATEST SATELLITE IMAGERY INDICATE THAT TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 60 MILES TO THE NORTHWEST OF THE CENTER AND 100 MILES ELSEWHERE. NEXT ADVISORY ------------- THE NEXT SCHEDULED ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AT 0200 AM CHST...FOLLOWED BY AN INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY AT 500 AM THURSDAY MORNING. $$ EDSON