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628 WWPQ80 PGUM 270811 SPSPQ SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TIYAN GU 611 PM ChST Thu Sep 27 2018 PMZ172-173-280745- CHUUK-POHNPEI- 611 PM ChST Thu Sep 27 2018 ...TROPICAL DISTURBANCE TO PASS NEAR OR OVER WENO CHUUK ON FRIDAY... A DEVELOPING TROPICAL DISTURBANCE IS CENTERED IN POHNPEI STATE NEAR 5.5N 155.5E...MOVING SLOWLY TO THE WEST-NORTHWEST. THIS IS 115 MILES NORTH-NORTHEAST OF NUKUORO AND 210 MILES WEST-SOUTHWEST OF POHNPEI IN POHNPEI STATE...AND 105 MILES EAST OF LUKUNOR AND 285 MILES EAST- SOUTHEAST OF CHUUK IN CHUUK STATE. THIS DISTURBANCE IS NOW THE SUBJECT OF A TROPICAL CYCLONE FORMATION ALERT BY THE JOINT TYPHOON WARNING CENTER. VISIBLE SATELLITE ANIMATION SHOWS NUMEROUS HEAVY SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS PRIMARILY SOUTH OF THE CENTER AND OVER NUKUORO... LUKUNOR...AND CLOSING IN ON LOSAP AND THE EASTERN CHUUK COASTAL WATERS. SATELLITE-DERIVED WINDS ALSO SHOW STRONGEST WINDS NEAR AND SOUTH OF THE CENTER AT BETWEEN 20 AND 30 KNOTS. INCLEMENT WEATHER... HAZARDOUS SEAS AND SURF...AND STRONG WINDS WILL PERSIST OVER THESE AREAS THROUGH EARLY FRIDAY MORNING BEFORE SHIFTING WEST-NORTHWEST AND DEEPER INTO CHUUK STATE. MODERATE NORTH WINDS AT WENO CHUUK WILL INCREASE OVERNIGHT AND SHIFT TO THE EAST AND SOUTHEAST ON FRIDAY AS THE DISTURBANCE NEARS. THIS DISTURBANCE WILL PASS NEAR OR OVER WENO SOMETIME FRIDAY BRINGING NUMEROUS HEAVY SHOWERS...ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS AND GUSTY WINDS LATE THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. THERE IS AN INCREASED RISK OF MUDSLIDES THROUGH SATURDAY. SEAS AND SURF WILL BE HAZARDOUS THE NEXT COUPLE DAYS IN THIS REGION. INTER- AND INTRA-ISLAND BOAT TRAVEL IS NOT ADVISED...PARTICULARLY ACROSS CHUUK UNTIL THIS DISTURBANCE HAS PASSED. RESIDENTS OF CHUUK AND FAR WESTERN POHNPEI ATOLLS AND ISLANDS SHOULD MONITOR THIS SITUATION CLOSELY FOR ANY CHANGES IN CONDITIONS AND FORECASTS...AND HEED THE INSTRUCTIONS FROM THEIR LOCAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AND WEATHER SERVICE OFFICES. THE LATEST WEATHER FORECASTS AND ADVISORIES ARE AVAILABLE ON THE WFO GUAM WEBSITE AT WWW.PRH.NOAA.GOV/GUAM/ $$ M. AYDLETT
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