SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TIYAN GU 844 PM CHST WED JUL 16 2014 PMZ161-171-170100- KOROR PALAU-YAP- 844 PM CHST WED JUL 16 2014 ...DEVELOPING TROPICAL DISTURBANCE NORTHWEST OF YAP SLOWLY MOVING WEST... A DEVELOPING TROPICAL DISTURBANCE IS CENTERED ABOUT 175 MILES NORTHWEST OF YAP AND 280 MILES NORTH-NORTHEAST OF KOROR NEAR 11N136E. THIS DISTURBANCE AND THE ASSOCIATED MONSOON TAIL TO THE SOUTH IS PRODUCING NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS WESTERN YAP STATE AND THE REPUBLIC OF PALAU. HEAVIEST SHOWERS ARE FOUND SOUTH AND WEST OF YAP AND OVER PALAU. LATEST SATELLITE ANIMATION SHOWS SHOWERS GRADUALLY TAPERING AT YAP...BUT AN ACTIVE MONSOON BAND SOUTH OF THE DISTURBANCE IS TRAINING OVER PALAU. SLOW-MOVING RAIN SHOWERS WILL BRING PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN TO KAYANGEL...BABELDAOB AND KOROR TONIGHT. OVER PALAU...1 TO 2 INCHES HAVE FALLEN IN THE LAST 6 HOURS AND AN ADDITIONAL 3 TO 5 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH THURSDAY AND FRIDAY AS THE MONSOON SURGE PERSISTS. GUSTY WESTERLY WINDS OF 30 TO 35 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED WITHIN HEAVIER SHOWERS OVER THE NEXT DAY OR TWO...OR UNTIL THE DISTURBANCE PULLS THE MONSOON TAIL TO THE NORTH AND WEST. PROLONGED HEAVY RAIN WILL INCREASE THE RISK OF MUDSLIDES AS WELL AS FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS THROUGH THURSDAY. MARINE CONDITIONS WILL BE HAZARDOUS AT TIMES FOR OPERATORS OF SMALL CRAFT IN YAP STATE AND ESPECIALLY IN THE REPUBLIC OF PALAU IN THE SOUTHERN ISLANDS AND ALONG THE WESTERN REEF. COMBINED SEAS WILL BUILD TO BETWEEN 7 AND 9 FEET OVERNIGHT GENERATING HAZARDOUS SURF ALONG THESE COASTS. AT YAP...COMBINED SEAS WILL CONTINUE TO BUILD INTO THE RANGE OF 6 TO 7 FEET BY THURSDAY. STAY INFORMED ON THIS WEATHER SITUATION...ESPECIALLY IF PLANNING MARINE ACTIVITIES. LISTEN FOR UPDATES FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AND YOUR LOCAL WEATHER SERVICE AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICES.
Posted on: Thu, 17 Jul 2014 00:47:26 +0000
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