WTPQ31 PGUM 231542 TCPPQ1 BULLETIN TROPICAL STORM NIDA (26W) ADVISORY NUMBER 7 NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TIYAN GU WP262009 200 AM CHST TUE NOV 24 2009 ...TROPICAL STORM NIDA MOVING WEST-NORTHWEST... NO WATCHES OR WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT. AT 100 AM CHST...1500Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM NIDA WAS NEAR LATITUDE 8.9 DEGREES NORTH AND LONGITUDE 146.6 DEGREES EAST. THIS IS ABOUT 375 MILES WEST-NORTHWEST OF CHUUK 210 MILES NORTHWEST OF PULUWAT 210 MILES WEST OF ULUL 110 MILES NORTH-NORTHWEST OF SATAWAL 140 MILES EAST OF FARAULEP 340 MILES SOUTH-SOUTHEAST OF GUAM 435 MILES SOUTH OF SAIPAN 580 MILES EAST OF YAP. TROPICAL STORM NIDA IS MOVING WEST-NORTHWEST AT AROUND 12 MPH. THIS GENERAL MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE OVER THE NEXT 24 HOURS. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE 40 MPH. TROPICAL STORM NIDA IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE INTENSIFYING OVER THE NEXT 24 HOURS. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 45 MILES FROM THE STORM CENTER. REPEATING THE 100 AM POSITION...LATITUDE 8.9 DEGREES NORTH AND LONGITUDE 146.6 DEGREES EAST...MOVING WEST-NORTHWEST AT 12 MPH WITH MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS OF 40 MPH. THE NEXT SCHEDULED ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AT 800 AM THIS MORNING. $$ LEE