WTPQ31 PGUM 190301 TCPPQ1 BULLETIN TROPICAL STORM IN-FA (27W) ADVISORY NUMBER 9 NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TIYAN GU WP272015 200 PM CHST THU NOV 19 2015 ...TROPICAL STORM IN-FA PASSING BETWEEN CHUUK LAGOON AND FANANU... CHANGES WITH THIS ADVISORY -------------------------- NONE. WATCHES AND WARNINGS -------------------- A TYPHOON WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CHUUK LAGOON...ULUL...LOSAP AND FANANU IN CHUUK STATE. TYPHOON CONDITIONS INCLUDING DESTRUCTIVE WINDS OF 74 MPH OR MORE ARE STILL POSSIBLE IN THE NEXT 6 HOURS. A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR PULUWAT IN CHUUK STATE. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS OF 39 TO 73 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITHIN 24 HOURS. A TROPICAL STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR GUAM. TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS...INCLUDING DAMAGING WINDS OF 39 TO 74 MPH...ARE POSSIBLE WITHIN THE NEXT 48 HOURS. SUMMARY OF 100 PM CHST...0300 UTC...INFORMATION ----------------------------------------------- LOCATION...8.2N 152.2E ABOUT 30 MILES SOUTH-SOUTHEAST OF FANANU ABOUT 55 MILES NORTH-NORTHEAST OF CHUUK ABOUT 95 MILES NORTH-NORTHWEST OF LOSAP ABOUT 175 MILES EAST OF ULUL ABOUT 220 MILES NORTHWEST OF LUKUNOR ABOUT 230 MILES EAST-NORTHEAST OF PULUWAT ABOUT 620 MILES SOUTHEAST OF GUAM ABOUT 645 MILES SOUTHEAST OF SAIPAN MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...65 MPH PRESENT MOVEMENT...NORTHWEST...310 DEGREES AT 15 MPH DISCUSSION AND OUTLOOK ---------------------- AT 1000 AM CHST...0000 UTC...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM IN-FA WAS LOCATED BY HIMAWARI SATELLITE AND MICROWAVE DATA NEAR LATITUDE 8.2 DEGREES NORTH AND LONGITUDE 152.2 DEGREES EAST...MOVING NORTHWEST AT 15 MPH. IN-FA IS EXPECTED TO RESUME A WEST-NORTHWEST MOVEMENT TONIGHT. IN-FA IS EXPECTED TO MAINTAIN A SIMILAR FORWARD SPEED THROUGH THE WEEKEND. THIS TRACK TAKES IN-FA JUST TO THE SOUTH OF FANANU THIS AFTERNOON. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS REMAIN AT 65 MPH. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 90 MILES SOUTH OF THE CENTER...AND UP TO 70 MILES NORTH OF THE CENTER. IN-FA IS EXPECTED TO INTENSIFY OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS COULD BECOME A TYPHOON TONIGHT. NEXT ADVISORY ------------- AN INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AT 500 PM CHST...FOLLOWED BY THE NEXT SCHEDULED ADVISORY AT 800 PM THIS EVENING. $$ WILLIAMS