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FXPQ50 PGUM 100725
AFDGUM
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TIYAN GU
525 PM CHST MON AUG 10 2026
MARIANAS SYNOPSIS
MODERATE TO STRONG WESTERLIES PREVAIL ACROSS THE REGION. SATELLITE
IMAGERY AND DOPPLER RADAR INDICATE POCKETS OF SHOWERS DEVELOPING
ACROSS GUAM AND ROTA WATERS. RECENT ALTIMETRY PASSES AND SOFAR BUOYS
INDICATE SEAS ARE 8 TO 10 FEET.
DISCUSSION
A WESTERLY MONSOON PUSH IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE BRINGING HEAVIER
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO THE MARIANAS, ESPECIALLY TO TINIAN AND
SAIPAN OVERNIGHT. AFTER, A CONVERGENCE ZONE IS EXPECTED TO SHIFT
FARTHER SOUTH, BRINGING HIGHER SHOWER AND THUNDER COVERAGE TO GUAM
AND ROTA TUESDAY. ONCE TS PEILOU (FORMERLY KUJIRA) SHOOTS TO THE
NORTH AND AWAY FROM THE MARIANAS AND ANOTHER DISTURBANCE BEGINS
CONSOLIDATING NORTHEAST OF POHNPEI, A DIFFUSIVE SOUTHWESTERLY FLOW IS
EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE REGION. THIS WILL ALLOW A DRY SPELL
TO RETURN, LASTING UNTIL AT LEAST THE WEEKEND.
MARINE
MODERATE TO STRONG WESTERLIES WILL PREVAIL ACROSS THE MARIANAS
TONIGHT, WILL DROP TO GENTLE TO FRESH IN GUAM AND ROTA COASTAL
WATERS TUESDAY, ALLOWING SEAS TO FALL BELOW 10 FEET. AS SUCH, THE
SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IS EXPECTED TO EXPIRE LATE TONIGHT FOR GUAM
AND ROTA WATERS. VARIOUS SIGNIFICANT NORTHERLY SWELLS AND LARGE
LOCALIZED WIND WAVES, ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE PRODUCING SEA
CONDITIONS HAZARDOUS TO SMALL CRAFT THROUGH AT LEAST THURSDAY
AFTERNOON IN TINIAN AND SAIPAN WATERS. HOWEVER, SEAS MAY BRIEFLY
DROP BELOW 10 FEET TUESDAY NIGHT AS WINDS SLOW AND SOME SWELLS
DECREASE, BEFORE ANOTHER RESURGENCE IN THE MONSOON SURGE BRINGS SEAS
BACK UP WEDNESDAY. WHEN SAID MONSOON SURGE RETURNS, SEA CONDITIONS
HAZARDOUS TO SMALL CRAFT MAY RETURN TO GUAM AND ROTA WATERS IN THE
SECOND HALF OF THE WEEK. HAZARDOUS SURF AND A HIGH RISK OF RIP
CURRENTS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE ALONG WEST AND NORTH FACING REEFS
THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON, AS NORTHWESTERLY AND NORTHEASTERLY SWELLS
CONTINUE TO MIX IN THE REGION.
TROPICAL SYSTEMS
TROPICAL STORM PEILOU (FORMERLY KUJIRA) CONTINUES TO LOVE AT A FAST
PACE, AWAY FROM THE MARIANAS, WITH IT'S CURRENT LOCATION NEAR 21N151E
(ROUGHLY 300 MILES NORTHEAST OF THE MAUG ISLANDS). THIS SYSTEM WILL
NOT BE A FACTOR IN OUR WEATHER, ASIDE FROM THE PERSISTENT WEST TO
SOUTHWEST SURFACE WINDS ACROSS THE MARIANAS.
THEN WE HAVE INVEST 90W (RATED AS "SUB-LOW" FROM JTWC - THE JOINT
TYPHOON WARNING CENTER), AND IT'S LOCATED NORTHEAST OF KWAJALEIN
(NEAR 10.5N 169.4E). 90W CONTINUES TO MOVE VERY SLOWLY, WITH BOTH THE
GEFS AND ECENS HAVING TROUBLE LOCKING ONTO THE TROPICAL DISTURBANCE.
THERE'S ELEVATED CONVECTION NEAR THE WESTERN SEMICIRCLE OF THE
CIRCULATION, AND BRIEF SURFACE-BASED ATTEMPTS SOUTH-SOUTHEAST OF THE
LLCC. THE GEFS AND ECENS BOTH SHOW THIS SYSTEM REMAINING
DISORGANIZED WITH THEIR SOLUTIONS REFORMING A CENTER NEAR 8N151E IN
ABOUT 6 DAYS. IT'LL BE INTERESTING TO WATCH, AS THE MJO (MADDEN-
JULIAN OSCILLATION) WILL BE IN A FAVORABLE LOCATION. IT'S SEVERAL
DAYS OUT THOUGH, SO PLENTY OF TIME TO WATCH IT, AS EVEN A WEEK OUT
IT'S NOT FORECAST AS ANY SIGNIFICANT CIRCULATION. WE'LL KEEP AN EYE
ON IT THOUGH OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS.
EASTERN MICRONESIA
INVEST 90W CONTINUES TO SHOW IMPROVED WESTERLY INFLOW, WITH AN
ELEVATED DISTURBANCE LOCATED ON IT'S SOUTHWEST TO WEST FLANK. THIS
ALONG WITH THE INFLOW IS ALLOWING FOR NUMEROUS TO WIDESPREAD SHOWER
AND THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT TO AFFECT KOSRAE, AND IT'LL MOVE INTO
POHNPEI'S AREA WITHIN THE NEXT 24 HOURS. AS SUCH, RAINFALL
POTENTIAL/SHOWER COVERAGE WAS INCREASED AT BOTH LOCATIONS. KOSRAE
ALSO REMAINS UNDER A HIGH SURF ADVISORY FOR THE SOUTH-FACING REEFS,
AS A PULSE OF ENERGY SOUTH OF THE EQUATOR AUGMENTS SWELL HEIGHTS TO
HAZARDOUS LEVELS. THIS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING
AT THE VERY LEAST, AND THIS THREAT MAY PERSIST A LITTLE LONGER.
WE'LL KEEP AN EYE OUT FOR THAT POTENTIAL. AS FOR MAJURO, ISOLATED TO
WIDELY-SCATTERED SHOWERS AND PERHAPS A THUNDERSTORM IS ALL YOU CAN
LOOK FOR OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS.
AS FOR MARINE CONDITIONS, MAINLY LIGHT TO GENTLE WINDS ARE EXPECTED
AREA-WIDE, WITH SEAS OF 5 TO 7 FEET SUBSIDING A FOOT FOR THE LATTER
HALF OF THE WEEK.
WESTERN MICRONESIA
SATELLITE OBSERVATIONS SHOW MOSTLY CLEAR TO PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES
ACROSS WESTERN MICRONESIA. ALTIMETRY SHOWS COMBINED SEAS BETWEEN 4
AND 7 FEET.
OVERALL, MINIMAL CHANGES WERE MADE WITH THIS FORECAST PACKAGE. THE
STATUS QUO WILL CONTINUE FOR PALAU AND YAP THROUGH THE PERIOD WITH
SURFACE RIDGING REMAINING IN PLACE. YAP COULD SEE SOME 20 POPS
THROUGH TUESDAY, BUT SHOWER COVERAGE IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN ISOLATED.
FOR CHUUK, AN INCREASE IN SHOWERS IS EXPECTED AS THE SURFACE HIGH
PRESSURE SHIFTS WESTWARD. CURRENT SATELLITE OBS SHOW AN INCREASING
AGITATED CUMULUS FIELD DEVELOPING ACROSS CHUUK. ISOLATED SHOWERS ARE
EXPECTED TO BECOME SCATTERED OVERNIGHT. A RELATIVE LULL IN SHOWERS
ACTIVITY IS EXPECTED WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY BEFORE INCREASED SHOWER
COVERAGE RETURNS TOWARDS THE END OF THE WEEK. THIS WILL BE THE
LEADING WAVE OF A PATTERN CHANGE THAT LOOKS TO SHAKE UP THE WEATHER
ACROSS EASTERN YAP STATE JUST BEYOND THE FORECAST PERIOD.
COMBINED SEAS ARE BETWEEN 5 AND 7 FEET ACROSS WESTERN MICRONESIA AND
SEAS ARE EXPECTED TO FALL 1 TO 2 FEET OVER THE COMING DAYS. BENIGN
MARINE CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL THROUGH THE FORECAST PERIOD.
GUM WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES
GU...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON FOR GUZ001.
HIGH SURF ADVISORY UNTIL 4 PM CHST THURSDAY FOR GUZ001.
MP...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON FOR MPZ001>003.
HIGH SURF ADVISORY UNTIL 4 PM CHST THURSDAY FOR MPZ001>003.
MARIANAS WATERS...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY UNTIL 5 AM CHST TUESDAY FOR PMZ151-152.
SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY UNTIL 5 PM CHST THURSDAY FOR PMZ153-154.
MARIANAS: MONTVILA
EAST MICRONESIA/TROPICAL: DOLL
WEST MICRONESIA: WILLIAMS
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