WTPQ31 PGUM 191301 TCPPQ1 BULLETIN TROPICAL STORM IN-FA (27W) INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY NUMBER 10A NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TIYAN GU WP272015 1100 PM CHST THU NOV 19 2015 ...TROPICAL STORM IN-FA STRENGTHENING WHILE MOVING WEST-NORTHWEST... CHANGES WITH THIS ADVISORY -------------------------- NONE. WATCHES AND WARNINGS -------------------- A TYPHOON WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ULUL IN CHUUK STATE. TYPHOON CONDITIONS INCLUDING DESTRUCTIVE WINDS OF 74 MPH OR MORE ARE POSSIBLE IN THE NEXT 6 TO 12 HOURS IF THERE IS ANY DEVIATION FURTHER SOUTH OF THE CURRENT TRACK. 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 36 TO 48 HOURS. SUMMARY OF 1000 PM CHST...1200 UTC...INFORMATION ----------------------------------------------- LOCATION...9.1N 150.3E ABOUT 55 MILES NORTHEAST OF ULUL ABOUT 155 MILES NORTHWEST OF CHUUK ABOUT 480 MILES SOUTHEAST OF GUAM ABOUT 515 MILES SOUTHEAST OF SAIPAN MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...70 MPH PRESENT MOVEMENT...WEST-NORTHWEST...285 DEGREES AT 18 MPH DISCUSSION AND OUTLOOK ---------------------- AT 1000 PM CHST...1200 UTC...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM IN-FA WAS LOCATED BY HIMAWARI SATELLITE AND MICROWAVE DATA NEAR LATITUDE 9.1 DEGREES NORTH AND LONGITUDE 150.3 DEGREES EAST...MOVING WEST- NORTHWEST AT 18 MPH. THIS GENERAL MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH FRIDAY. THIS TRACK TAKES IN-FA NORTH OF ULUL LATER THIS EVENING. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE ESTIMATED AT 70 MPH...MAKING IT CLOSE TO TYPHOON INTENSITY. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 85 MILES EAST OF THE CENTER...AND UP TO 75 MILES WEST OF CENTER. IN-FA IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TO INTENSIFY OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS. NEXT ADVISORY ------------- THE NEXT SCHEDULED ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AT 200 AM CHST THIS EARLY FRIDAY MORNING...FOLLOWED BY AN INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY AT 500 AM. $$ EDSON