WTPQ31 PGUM 042119 TCPPQ1 BULLETIN TROPICAL STORM NEPARTAK (02W) ADVISORY NUMBER 8 NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TIYAN GU WP022016 800 AM CHST TUE JUL 5 2016 ...TROPICAL STORM NEPARTAK SLOWLY INTENSIFYING... CHANGES WITH THIS ADVISORY -------------------------- NONE. WATCHES AND WARNINGS -------------------- NONE. SUMMARY OF 700 AM CHST...2100 UTC...INFORMATION ----------------------------------------------- LOCATION...15.2N 137.6E30 ABOUT 390 MILES NORTH-NORTHWEST OF ULITHI ABOUT 395 MILES NORTH OF YAP ABOUT 495 MILES WEST-NORTHWEST OF GUAM MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...70 MPH PRESENT MOVEMENT...NORTHWEST...315 DEGREES AT 22 MPH DISCUSSION AND OUTLOOK ---------------------- AT 700 AM CHST...2100 UTC...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM NEPARTAK WAS LOCATED BY SATELLITE NEAR LATITUDE 15.2 DEGREES NORTH AND LONGITUDE 137.6 DEGREES EAST...MOVING NORTHWEST AT 22 MPH. NEPARTAK IS EXPECTED TO MAINTAIN THIS NORTHWEST TRACK FOR THE NEXT FEW DAYS. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS HAVE INCREASED TO 70 MPH. NEPARTAK IS EXPECTED TO INTENSIFY STEADILY THE NEXT FEW DAYS...AND WILL LIKELY BECOME A TYPHOON THIS AFTERNOON. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 115 MILES FROM THE CENTER. NEXT ADVISORY ------------- THE NEXT SCHEDULED ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AT 200 PM THIS AFTERNOON. .. ZIOBRO=