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WWPQ80 PGUM 242206
SPSPQ
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TIYAN GU
806 AM ChST Sat Aug 25 2018
PMZ172-173-174-181-252245-
CHUUK-POHNPEI-KOSRAE-MAJURO-
806 AM ChST Sat Aug 25 2018
...TROPICAL DISTURBANCE OVER THE MARSHALL ISLANDS AND KOSRAE
STATE...
A TROPICAL DISTURBANCE CENTERED ABOUT 120 MILES TO THE SOUTHWEST OF
KWAJALEIN AND 275 MILES NORTHEAST OF KOSRAE IS CAUSING HEAVY SHOWERS
WITH LOCALLY GUSTY WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH FROM NEAR POHNPEI ACROSS
KOSRAE STATE INTO THE NORTHERN MARSHALL ISLANDS.
THE DISTURBANCE IS MOVING SLOWLY SO THAT SHOWERS WITH GUSTY WINDS
AND ROUGH SEA CONDITIONS WILL PERSIST ACROSS THESE PARTS OF EASTERN
MICRONESIA FOR THE NEXT DAY OR TWO AT LEAST. AREAS OF HEAVY RAINFALL
WILL CONTINUE AND GRADUALLY MOVE WESTWARD INTO POHNPEI STATE AND THEN
CHUUK STATE BY ABOUT MONDAY.
INTER-ISLAND TRAVEL IS DISCOURAGED WHILE THE DISTURBANCE IS NEARBY
AND OPERATORS OF SMALL CRAFT SHOULD KEEP UPDATED ON CURRENT WEATHER
FORECASTS AND SEA CONDITIONS. WAVE CONDITIONS IN LAGOONS ARE NOT
REPRESENTATIVE OF THE ROUGHER CONDITIONS ON THE OPEN OCEAN.
RESIDENTS OF THESE AREAS SHOULD KEEP INFORMED WITH THE LATEST
FORECASTS AND STATEMENTS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AND YOUR
LOCAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICE. THE LATEST WEATHER FORECASTS AND
ADVISORIES FOR MICRONESIA ARE AVAILABLE ON THE WFO GUAM WEBSITE AT
WWW.WEATHER.GOV/GUM/$$
Simpson