WTPQ32 PGUM 151908 TCPPQ2 BULLETIN TROPICAL STORM HAIMA (25W) INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY NUMBER 4A NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TIYAN GU WP252016 500 AM CHST SUN OCT 16 2016 ...TROPICAL STORM HAIMA WILL PASS VERY CLOSE TO ULITHI IN THE NEXT FEW HOURS... CHANGES WITH THIS ADVISORY -------------------------- NONE. WATCHES AND WARNINGS -------------------------- A TYPHOON WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR FAIS AND ULITHI. A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR YAP. A TROPICAL STORM WARNING MEANS TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS...INCLUDING DAMAGING WINDS OF 39 TO 73 MPH...ARE OCCURRING OR ARE EXPECTED TO OCCUR WITHIN 24 HOURS. A TYPHOON WARNING MEANS TYPHOON CONDITIONS...INCLUDING DESTRUCTIVE WINDS OF 74 MPH OR MORE...ARE EXPECTED WITHIN 24 HOURS. SUMMARY OF 400 AM CHST...1800 UTC...INFORMATION ------------------------------------------------ LOCATION...9.9N 140.3E ABOUT 20 MILES WEST-NORTHWEST OF FAIS ABOUT 50 MILES EAST OF ULITHI ABOUT 150 MILES EAST OF YAP AND ABOUT 390 MILES SOUTHWEST OF GUAM MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...50 MPH PRESENT MOVEMENT...WEST-NORTHWEST...295 DEGREES AT 13 MPH DISCUSSION AND OUTLOOK ---------------------- AT 400 AM CHST...1800 UTC...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM HAIMA WAS LOCATED BY SATELLITE NEAR LATITUDE 9.9 DEGREES NORTH AND LONGITUDE 140.3 DEGREES EAST. HAIMA IS MOVING WEST-NORTHWEST AT 13 MPH. HAIMA IS EXPECTED TO MAKE A SLIGHT TURN TOWARD THE NORTHWEST LATER TODAY WITH LITTLE CHANGE IN FORWARD SPEED. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS REMAIN AT 50 MPH. HAIMA IS EXPECTED TO STRENGTHEN FURTHER AND WILL LIKELY BECOME A TYPHOON LATER TODAY. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 90 MILES FROM THE CENTER OF THE STORM. NEXT ADVISORY ------------- THE NEXT SCHEDULED ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AT 800 AM...FOLLOWED BY AN INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY AT 1100 AM. $$ STANKO