WTPQ81 PGUM 132124 HLSPQ1 URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED TROPICAL DEPRESSION 01W LOCAL STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TIYAN GU ISSUED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI 725 AM CHST WED JAN 14 2014 ...CENTER OF TROPICAL DEPRESSION 01W MARCHING THROUGH YAP STATE...APPROACHING ULITHI... .AREAS AFFECTED... THIS LOCAL STATEMENT PROVIDES INFORMATION AND RECOMMENDED ACTIONS FOR PEOPLE ON FAIS...ULITHI AND YAP AND SURROUNDING ISLANDS IN YAP STATE. .WATCHES/WARNINGS... A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR FAIS...ULITHI AND YAP IN YAP STATE. .STORM INFORMATION... AT 700 AM CHST...2100 UTC...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL DEPRESSION 01W WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 9.6 DEGREES NORTH...LONGITUDE 140.2 DEGREES EAST. THIS IS ABOUT 25 MILES SOUTHWEST OF FAIS ABOUT 40 MILES EAST-SOUTHEAST OF ULITHI ABOUT 140 MILES EAST OF YAP ABOUT 395 MILES SOUTHWEST OF GUAM TROPICAL DEPRESSION 01W IS MOVING WEST-NORTHWEST AT 12 MPH. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 30 MPH. .SITUATION OVERVIEW... THE TROPICAL DEPRESSION IS FORECAST TO GRADUALLY INTENSIFY AS IT MOVES THROUGH YAP STATE TODAY...BECOMING A TROPICAL STORM TONIGHT. HEAVY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BRING GUSTY WINDS TO PORTIONS OF YAP STATE TODAY. ON THE FORECAST TRACK...THE CENTER OF 01W WILL CONTINUE TRACKING AWAY FROM FAIS ISLAND...PASS VERY CLOSE TO ULITHI OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS...AND ABOUT 50 MILES TO THE NORTH OF YAP LATE THIS AFTERNOON. ...FAIS ULITHI AND YAP... .PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... DO NOT ATTEMPT INTER-ISLAND TRAVEL THROUGH TONIGHT...AS SEAS WILL BE HAZARDOUS FOR THE OPERATION OF SMALL CRAFT...AND VISIBILITY WILL BE SEVERELY REDUCED IN HEAVY RAIN. DO NOT VENTURE OUTSIDE WHEN HIGH WINDS ARE OCCURRING...OR DURING TEMPORARY LULLS...AS FLYING DEBRIS CAN CAUSE SERIOUS INJURY. ...WINDS AND SEAS... FOR YAP AND ULITHI...NORTHWEST TO NORTH WINDS WILL INCREASE... BECOMING 25 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS NEAR 50 MPH...ESPECIALLY IN SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. WINDS WILL SHIFT TO THE SOUTH BY TONIGHT...REMAINING 25 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH IN THE EVENING...BEFORE DIMINISHING LATE IN THE NIGHT. ON FAIS...SOUTH WINDS 25 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH. SEAS WILL REACH 12 TO 15 FEET AS 01W MOVES THROUGH YAP STATE TODAY. ...SURF INFORMATION... ROUGH SURF WILL BUILD THROUGH THE DAY...PEAKING AT 12 TO 15 FEET ALONG EXPOSED NORTH AND EAST FACING REEFS THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. RIP CURRENTS WILL BE LIFE THREATENING. ...OTHER STORM EFFECTS... TOTAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF TWO TO FOUR INCHES ARE POSSIBLE AS TROPICAL DEPRESSION 01W MOVES THROUGH YAP STATE. ..NEXT UPDATE... THE NEXT LOCAL STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED AROUND 1130 AM CHST...OR SOONER IF CONDITIONS WARRANT. $$ R BALLARD For more information, go to middletnweather.info
Posted on: Tue, 13 Jan 2015 21:25:11 +0000
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