000 WTPQ31 PGUM 240108 TCPPQ1 BULLETIN TROPICAL STORM NIDA (26W) SPECIAL ADVISORY NUMBER 8A NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TIYAN GU WP262009 1100 AM CHST TUE NOV 24 2009 ...TROPICAL STORM WARNING ISSUED FOR FARAULEP... A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR FARAULEP. AT 1000 AM CHST...0000Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM NIDA WAS ESTIMATED AT LATITUDE 8.5 DEGREES NORTH AND LONGITUDE 145.7 DEGREES EAST. THIS IS ABOUT 75 MILES EAST OF FARAULEP 120 MILES NORTHWEST OF SATAWAL 350 MILES SOUTH OF GUAM 455 MILES SOUTH OF SAIPAN 525 MILES EAST OF YAP. TROPICAL STORM NIDA IS MOVING WEST TOWARD THE ISLAND OF FARAULEP... AT AROUND 8 MPH. NIDA IS EXPECTED TO MOVE WEST-NORTHWEST DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE 65 MPH. NIDA IS EXPECTED TO INTENSIFY OVER THE NEXT 24 HOURS. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 90 MILES FROM THE CENTER. REPEATING THE 1000 AM POSITION...LATITUDE 8.5 DEGREES NORTH AND LONGITUDE 145.7 DEGREES EAST...MOVING WEST AT 8 MPH WITH MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS OF 65 MPH. THE NEXT SCHEDULED ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AT 200 PM CHST THIS AFTERNOON. $$ MUNDELL