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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TIYAN GU
132 PM ChST Mon Oct 22 2018

PMZ172-173-230600-
CHUUK-POHNPEI-
132 PM ChST Mon Oct 22 2018

...TROPICAL DEPRESSION YUTU TO PASS NORTH OF FANANU TUESDAY...

TROPICAL DEPRESSION 31W IS CENTERED 240 MILES NORTHWEST OF POHNPEI 
NEAR 9.2N 155.6E AND IS MOVING TO THE WEST-NORTHWEST AT 12 MPH. THIS
IS ALSO 240 MILES EAST OF FANANU AND 280 MILES EAST-NORTHEAST OF
CHUUK.

SATELLITE IMAGERY SHOWS NUMEROUS HEAVY SHOWERS AND ISOLATED 
THUNDERSTORMS OVER CHUUK AND POHNPEI WITH A DEVELOPING MONSOON
TAIL EXTENDING SOUTHWEST FROM POHNPEI. MAXIMUM WINDS ARE 40 MPH NEAR
THE CENTER OF YUTU. HEAVY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...GUSTY WINDS AND
CHOPPY SEAS WILL PERSIST AT POHNPEI THROUGH TONIGHT. CONDITIONS WILL
DETERIORATE AT CHUUK AND FANANU THROUGH THE DAY AND CONTINUE FOR THE 
NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS AS THE MONSOON TAIL COMES OVER THE ISLANDS AFTER 
YUTU MOVES WELL NORTHWEST. 

POHNPEI HAS ALREADY RECEIVED 3 INCHES OF RAIN IN THE PAST 30 HOURS
AND CONTINUED RAIN WILL INCREASE THE RISK OF MUDSLIDES. SEVERAL DAYS
OF PROLONGED RAIN AT CHUUK WILL SIMILARLY INCREASE THE RISK OF
MUDSLIDES IN THE COMING DAYS. 

SEAS AND SURF WILL BECOME CHOPPY AS WINDS INCREASE...BUT NEITHER SEAS
NOR SURF ARE EXPECTED TO BECOME HAZARDOUS AT THIS TIME. IF YUTU SLOWS
DOWN AND INTENSIFIES FASTER THAN CURRENTLY EXPECTED...SEAS AND SURF
COULD BECOME HAZARDOUS...ESPECIALLY AT CHUUK AND FANANU. INTER-AND 
INTRA-ISLAND BOAT TRAVEL IS NOT ADVISED...PARTICULARLY ACROSS CHUUK 
UNTIL THIS STORM HAS PASSED. ALSO PROLONGED WEST WINDS WILL 
CAUSE SWELLS TO ENTER CHUUK LAGOON AND MAY CAUSE HIGHER SURF ON SOME
OF THE WEST FACING SHORES OF A FEW OF THE ISLANDS IN THE LAGOON.

RESIDENTS OF CHUUK AND POHNPEI STATES 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.WEATHER.GOV/GUM/

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W. AYDLETT/ZIOBRO

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