WTPQ32 PGUM 161854 TCPPQ2 BULLETIN TYPHOON HAIMA (25W) INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY NUMBER 8A NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TIYAN GU WP252016 500 AM CHST MON OCT 17 2016 ...TYPHOON HAIMA MOVING NORTHWEST AS IT STRENGTHENS... 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 TYPHOON WARNING MEANS TYPHOON CONDITIONS...INCLUDING DESTRUCTIVE WINDS OF 74 MPH OR MORE...ARE OCCURRING. A TROPICAL STORM WARNING MEANS TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS...INCLUDING DAMAGING WINDS OF 39 TO 73 MPH...ARE OCCURRING. SUMMARY OF 400 AM CHST...1800 UTC...INFORMATION ------------------------------------------------ LOCATION...12.2N 137.8E ABOUT 190 MILES NORTH OF YAP ABOUT 200 MILES NORTHWEST OF ULITHI ABOUT 250 MILES NORTHWEST OF FAIS ABOUT 475 MILES WEST OF GUAM MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...85 MPH PRESENT MOVEMENT...NORTHWEST...310 DEGREES AT 7 MPH DISCUSSION AND OUTLOOK ---------------------- AT 400 AM CHST...1800 UTC...THE CENTER OF TYPHOON HAIMA WAS LOCATED BY SATELLITE NEAR LATITUDE 12.2 DEGREES NORTH AND LONGITUDE 137.8 DEGREES EAST. HAIMA IS MOVING NORTHWEST AT 7 MPH. HAIMA IS EXPECTED TO MAKE A SLIGHT TURN TOWARD THE WEST-NORTHWEST WITH AN INCREASE IN FORWARD SPEED THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS HAVE INCREASED TO 85 MPH. HAIMA WILL CONTINUE TO STRENGTHEN THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT...THEN COULD BEGIN TO WEAKEN. TYPHOON FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 30 MILES FROM THE CENTER WHILE TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 150 MILES FROM THE CENTER OF THE STORM. NEXT ADVISORY ------------- THE NEXT SCHEDULED ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AT 800 AM. $$ STANKO