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WWPQ80 PGUM 141132
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TIYAN GU
932 PM CHST THU MAR 14 2019
PMZ161-171-172-142300-
KOROR PALAU-YAP-CHUUK-
932 PM CHST THU MAR 14 2019
..THE CIRCUALTION IS NOW THE SUBJECT OF A TCFA
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 6N149E.
THIS CIRCULATION IS NOW THE SUBJECT OF A TCFA...TROPICAL CYCLONE
FORMATION ALERT. THIS MEANS THAT THERE IS THE CHANCE OF THE FORMATION
OF A SIGNIFICANT TROPICAL CYCLONE WITHIN THE NEXT 12 TO 24 HOURS.
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. THIS TCFA SHOULD NOT AFFECT
THE MARAIANAS. FOR MORE INFORMATION ON THE LATEST FORECAST AND
ADVISORIES...VISIT THE WFO GUAM WEBSITE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/GUM/
SIMPSON/EDSON/ZIOBRO
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