WTPQ31 PGUM 281255TCPPQ1BULLETINTROPICAL STORM BOPHA (26W) INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY NUMBER 11ANATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TIYAN GU WP2620121100 PM CHST WED NOV 28 2012...TROPICAL STORM BOPHA (26W) CONTINUES WESTWARD TOWARD YAP STATE... A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR LUKUNOR AND THE SOUTHERN MORTLOCKS IN CHUUK STATE...PULUWAT IN CHUUK STATE AND SATAWAL IN YAP STATE.A TYPHOON WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR WOLEAI IN YAP STATE.A TROPICAL STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR FARAULEP IN YAP STATE.A TROPICAL STORM WARNING MEANS TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS...INCLUDING DAMAGING WINDS OF 39 TO 73 MPH...ARE EXPECTED WITHIN 24 HOURS. A TYPHOON WATCH MEANS THAT TYPHOON CONDITIONS INCLUDING SUSTAINED WINDS GREATER THAN 73 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITHIN 48 HOURS.A TROPICAL STORM WATCH MEANS THAT TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS... INCLUDING DAMAGING WINDS OF 39 TO 73 MPH...ARE POSSIBLE WITHIN 48 HOURS.AT 10 PM CHST...1200Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM BOPHA WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 5.0 DEGREES NORTH AND LONGITUDE 152.1 DEGREES EAST. THIS IS ABOUT 135 MILES WEST-SOUTHWEST OF LUKUNOR 175 MILES SOUTH OF WENO ISLAND CHUUK 255 MILES SOUTHEAST OF PULUWAT 380 MILES EAST-SOUTHEAST OF SATAWAL 575 MILES EAST-SOUTHEAST OF FARAULEP AND 585 MILES EAST-SOUTHEAST OF WOLEAI.TROPICAL STORM BOPHA IS MOVING WEST AT 10 MPH. THIS GENERAL MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE OVER THE NEXT 24 HOURS. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE 65 MPH. TROPICAL STORM BOPHA IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE INTENSIFYING LATE TONIGHT AND THURSDAY...AND MAY BECOME A TYPHOON THURSDAY AFTERNOON. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 50 MILES FROM THE CENTER.REPEATING THE 10 PM POSITION...5.0 DEGREES NORTH LATITUDE AND 152.1 DEGREES EAST LONGITUDE...MOVING WEST AT 10 MPH WITH MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS OF 65 MPH.THE NEXT SCHEDULED ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AT 2 AM EARLY THURSDAY MORNING FOLLOWED BY AN INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY AT 5 AM CHST.$$STANKO