WTPQ31 PGUM 200042 TCPPQ1 BULLETIN TYPHOON IN-FA (27W) SPECIAL ADVISORY NUMBER 12A NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TIYAN GU WP272015 1100 AM CHST FRI NOV 20 2015 ...TYPHOON IN-FA INTENSIFYING SOUTHEAST OF GUAM... CHANGES WITH THIS ADVISORY -------------------------- A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR GUAM. WATCHES AND WARNINGS -------------------- A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR GUAM. TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS...INCLUDING DAMAGING WINDS OF 39 MPH OR MORE...ARE EXPECTED WITHIN 24 HOURS. SUMMARY OF 1000 AM CHST...0000 UTC...INFORMATION ----------------------------------------------- LOCATION...9.9N 148.7E ABOUT 275 MILES NORTHWEST OF CHUUK ABOUT 360 MILES SOUTHEAST OF GUAM ABOUT 375 MILES SOUTHEAST OF ROTA ABOUT 410 MILES SOUTH-SOUTHEAST OF TINIAN AND SAIPAN MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...95 MPH PRESENT MOVEMENT...WEST-NORTHWEST...300 DEGREES AT 13 MPH DISCUSSION AND OUTLOOK ---------------------- AT 1000 AM CHST...0000 UTC...THE CENTER OF TYPHOON IN-FA WAS LOCATED BY SATELLITE NEAR LATITUDE 9.9 DEGREES NORTH AND LONGITUDE 148.7 DEGREES EAST...MOVING WEST-NORTHWEST AT 13 MPH. IN-FA IS EXPECTED TO MAINTAIN A WEST-NORTHWEST MOVEMENT ALONG WITH A SLIGHT INCREASE IN FORWARD SPEED THROUGH SATURDAY. THIS TAKES IN-FA SOUTH OF GUAM EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS HAVE INCREASED TO 95 MPH. TYPHOON FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 35 MILES FROM THE CENTER. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 110 MILES NORTH OF THE CENTER...AND UP TO 90 MILES SOUTH OF THE 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 PM CHST...FOLLOWED BY AN INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY AT 500 PM CHST LATER THIS AFTERNOON. $$ WILLIAMS