.WESTERN MICRONESIA... TROPICAL DEPRESSION 01W IS CURRENTLY ABOUT 200 MILES NORTHWEST OF YAP...OR ABOUT 600 WEST-SOUTHWEST OF GUAM. THE DEPRESSION WAS MOVING WEST-NORTHWEST AT 16 MILES PER HOUR. A TRAILING CONVERGENCE BAND WITH SHOWERS AND DEEP CONVECTION SHOULD MOVE OVER YAP LATER TODAY...FOLLOWED BY IMPROVED CONDITIONS FRIDAY AND THROUGH THE WEEKEND. FOR KOROR...CLOUDS...SHOWERS AND WESTERLY WINDS WILL INCREASE ON THURSDAY AS 01W PASSES TO THE NORTH. CHUUK CURRENTLY SITS ON THE EDGE OF A CONVERGENCE ZONE TO THE SOUTHEAST OF 01W...WITH THUNDERSTORMS NEARBY. THIS CONVERGENCE WILL WEAKEN ON THURSDAY. OTHERWISE...NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER FEATURES ARE EXPECTED TO AFFECT CHUUK. HAZARDOUS SURF CONTINUES AT YAP AND KOROR. A ROBUST NORTH-NORTHEAST SWELL FROM TROPICAL DEPRESSION 01W COMBINES WITH THE SHORT PERIOD WIND WAVES WILL PROVIDE HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS FOR SMALL CRAFT IN YAP WATERS THROUGH THURSDAY.
Posted on: Wed, 14 Jan 2015 23:42:07 +0000
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