ADVISORY #10 (TROPICAL STORM FAXAI 03W) MARCH 02, 2014 8:30 PM BASED ON INFORMATION RECEIVED FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE, TIYAN GUAM AND COMPILED AT CNMI HOMELAND SECURITY AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT, OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR, GOVERNOR ELOY S. INOS, WOULD LIKE TO INFORM THE GENERAL PUBLIC THAT, …NO TROPICAL STORM WATCHES OR WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT… ...TROPICAL STORM FAXAI (03W) CONTINUES MOVING ON A WESTWARD... AT 700 PM THIS EVENING SUNDAY CHST, THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM FAXAI WAS LOCATED BY SATELLITE NEAR LATITUDE 9.6 DEGREES NORTH AND LONGITUDE 148.3 DEGREES EAST. THIS IS ABOUT, 375 MILES SOUTHEAST OF ROTA 415 MILES SOUTH-SOUTHEAST OF TINIAN AND 420 MILES SOUTH-SOUTHEAST OF SAIPAN. TROPICAL STORM FAXAI IS MOVING WEST-SOUTHWEST AT 6 MPH. THE TROPICAL STORM WILL GRADUALLY TURN TOWARDS THE NORTH AND ACCELERATE IN FORWARD SPEED THROUGH TUESDAY. FAXAI IS FORECAST TO PASS EAST OF GUAM EARLY TUESDAY MORNING AND SAIPAN LATE TUESDAY MORNING. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS REMAIN AT 60 MPH. TROPICAL STORM FAXAI IS EXPECTED TO INTENSIFY SLOWLY DURING THE NEXT 36 HOURS...POSSIBLY BECOMING A TYPHOON MONDAY NIGHT. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD FROM THE CENTER UP TO 70 MILES. DUE TO WEATHER CONDITIONS THAT HAS BEEN GENERATED BY TROPICAL STORM FAXAI. SMALL CRAFT AND HIGH SURF ADVISORIES WILL REMAIN IN EFFECT UNTILL 6AM WEDNESDAY MORNING. PLEASE MONITOR SPECIAL MARINE ADRVISORIES AS THEY BECOME AVAILABLE. THE CNMI HOMELAND SECURITY AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT WILL BE MONITORING THE MOVEMENT OF TROPICAL STORM FAXAI (03W) AND WILL BE ISSUING BULLETINS AS THEY BECOME AVAILABLE. PLEASE CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE OFFICIAL BULLETINS WHICH WILL BE AVAILABLE THROUGH LOCAL MEDIA SOURCES AND NOAA WEATHER RADIO BROADCAST ON 162.5 MEGAHERTZ, OR CALL CNMI EOC DISPATCH CENTER AT 237-8000 OR 211, AND FOR THE NORTHERN ISLANDS TO CONTACT CNMI EOC DISPATCH CENTER AT HIGH FREQUENCY SINGLE SIDE BAND RADIO ON FREQUENCY 5.205.0. OPR:PAT
Posted on: Sun, 02 Mar 2014 13:41:33 +0000
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