952  
WWPQ82 PGUM 060710  
SPSPQ2  
 
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TIYAN GU  
510 PM CHST FRI JUN 6 2025  
 
FMZ037-PWZ002>006-070800-  
YAP-MELEKEOK-AIRAI-KOROR-PELELIU-ANGAUR-  
510 PM CHST FRI JUN 6 2025  
 
...MONSOON SURGE TO CONTINUE BRINGING HEAVY SHOWERS AND GUSTY WINDS  
THIS WEEKEND...  
 
AN UNSETTLED WEATHER PATTERN REMAINS IN STORE FOR PALAU AND YAP FOR  
THIS WEEKEND, AS A SERIES OF SOUTHWESTERLY MONSOON SURGES WILL  
CONTINUE TO PUMMEL BOTH PALAU AND YAP.  
 
NOW THAT INVEST 92W HAS LEFT THE REGION TO THE NORTHWEST, A SEASONAL  
SOUTHWESTERLY MONSOON TROUGH HAS SETTLED ACROSS PALAU AND YAP.  
HEAVIER WEATHER IS STILL EXPECTED THROUGH SATURDAY AT PALAU, AND  
THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT AT YAP, WITH OCCASIONALLY VERY STRONG GUSTS  
EXPECTED NEAR THESE SHOWERS. CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO IMPROVE  
CONSIDERABLY THEREAFTER, WITH A RETURN TO PATCHY SHOWERS AND GENTLER  
WINDS FOR MUCH OF EARLY NEXT WEEK. AT THIS TIME, MUDSLIDES CONTINUE  
TO BE UNLIKELY; HOWEVER, IF SOILS BECOME SATURATED, ANY ADDITIONAL  
RAINFALL MAY QUICKLY BECOME RUNOFF AND INCREASE MUDSLIDE RISKS,  
ESPECIALLY AT PALAU.  
 
WHILE TRADE SWELLS HAVE WEAKENED, LOCALIZED WIND WAVES AND A  
DEVELOPING SOUTHWEST SWELL WILL PRODUCE CHOPPY SEAS IN PALAU AND YAP  
COASTAL WATERS THROUGH AT LEAST THE FIRST HALF OF NEXT WEEK. SURF  
WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE ALONG SOUTH AND WEST FACING REEFS OF PALAU  
AND YAP, BUT ARE NOT LIKELY TO BECOME HAZARDOUS AT THIS TIME.  
 
THIS WILL BE THE LAST ISSUANCE OF THE SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT FOR  
THIS EVENT. FOR MORE INFORMATION, RESIDENTS AND MARINERS SHOULD  
MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS FOR THE REGION AT  
WEATHER.GOV/GUM/PUBLICFORECASTS AND ANY INFORMATION SHARED BY WSO  
PALAU AND WSO YAP FOR THEIR LOCAL REGIONS.  
 

 
 
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