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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TIYAN GU
430 PM CHST THU MAR 14 2019
PMZ161-171-172-142300-
KOROR PALAU-YAP-CHUUK-
430 PM CHST THU MAR 14 2019
..SHOWERY WEATHER OVER WESTERN MICRONESIA
AN AREA OF DISTURBED WEATHER WITH SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS OVER
WESTERN CHUUK STATE IS MOVING SLOWLY WESTWARD. A WEAK CIRCULATION
ASSOCIATED WITH THIS DISTURBANCE CAN BE IDENTIFIED NEAR 7N149E.
SHOWERY WEATHER WILL MOVE OVER EASTERN YAP STATE BY FRIDAY AND MOVE
TO NEAR YAP BY SATURDAY. SHOWERS ARE ALSO EXPECTED TO MOVE TO THE
REPUBLIC OF PALAU ON SATURDAY AND CONTINUE THROUGH SUNDAY.
AS THE DISTURBANCE AND SHOWERY WEATHER CONTINUES WESTWARD...LOCALLY
HEAVY RAINFALL IS LIKELY FOR PARTS OF YAP STATE AND PALAU.
GUSTY WINDS OF 25 TO 30 MPH AND HAZARDOUS SEAS OF 10 TO 12 FEET ARE
POSSIBLE NEAR THE DISTURBANCE...SO CAREFULLY PLAN ANY INTER-ISLAND
TRAVEL.
RESIDENTS IN CHUUK AND YAP STATES AND THE REPUBLIC OF PALAU SHOULD
MONITOR THIS DISTURBANCE. HEED INSTRUCTIONS FROM LOCAL EMERGENCY
MANAGEMENT AND WEATHER SERVICE OFFICES. FOR MORE INFORMATION ON THE
LATEST FORECAST AND ADVISORIES...VISIT THE WFO GUAM WEBSITE AT
WWW.WEATHER.GOV/GUM/
SIMPSON/EDSON
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