WTPQ31 PGUM 182113 TCPPQ1 BULLETIN TROPICAL STORM IN-FA (27W) ADVISORY NUMBER 8 NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TIYAN GU WP272015 800 AM CHST THU NOV 19 2015 ...TROPICAL STORM IN-FA NEARING LOSAP IN CHUUK STATE... CHANGES WITH THIS ADVISORY -------------------------- A TYPHOON WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR ULUL IN CHUUK STATE. A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR PULUWAT IN CHUUK STATE. WATCHES AND WARNINGS -------------------- A TYPHOON WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR ULUL IN CHUUK STATE. TYPHOON CONDITIONS...INCLUDING WINDS OF 74 MPH OR GREATER ARE EXPECTED WITHIN THE NEXT 24 HOURS. A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR PULUWAT IN CHUUK STATE. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS OF 39 TO 73 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITHIN 24 HOURS. A TYPHOON WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CHUUK LAGOON...LOSAP AND FANANU IN CHUUK STATE. TYPHOON CONDITIONS INCLUDING DESTRUCTIVE WINDS OF 74 MPH OR MORE ARE EXPECTED TODAY OR TONIGHT. A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR LUKUNOR IN CHUUK STATE. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS ARE STILL IN PROGRESS. SUMMARY OF 700 AM CHST...2100 UTC...INFORMATION ----------------------------------------------- LOCATION...7.0N 153.5E ABOUT 55 MILES EAST OF LOSAP ABOUT 100 MILES NORTH-NORTHWEST OF LUKUNOR ABOUT 115 MILES EAST-SOUTHEAST OF CHUUK ABOUT 150 MILES SOUTHEAST OF FANANU ABOUT 285 MILES EAST-SOUTHEAST OF ULUL ABOUT 305 MILES EAST OF PULUWAT ABOUT 320 MILES WEST OF POHNPEI ABOUT 745 MILES SOUTHEAST OF GUAM ABOUT 770 MILES SOUTHEAST OF SAIPAN MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...65 MPH PRESENT MOVEMENT...WEST-NORTHWEST...300 DEGREES AT 10 MPH DISCUSSION AND OUTLOOK ---------------------- AT 700 AM CHST...2100 UTC...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM IN-FA WAS LOCATED BY SATELLITE NEAR LATITUDE 7.0 DEGREES NORTH AND LONGITUDE 153.5 DEGREES EAST...MOVING WEST-NORTHWEST AT 10 MPH. IN-FA IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE IN A WEST-NORTHWEST DIRECTION WHILE ACCELERATING OVER THE WEEKEND. THIS TRACK TAKES IN-FA PAST LOSAP THIS MORNING...PAST CHUUK THIS AFTERNOON AND PAST FANANU THIS EVENING. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS REMAIN AT 65 MPH. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 70 MILES NORTH OF THE CENTER...AND UP TO 90 MILES SOUTH OF THE CENTER. IN-FA IS EXPECTED TO INTENSIFY OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS...AND SHOULD REGAIN TYPHOON STATUS THIS EVENING OR EARLY FRIDAY MORNING. 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