National Weather Service Raw Text Product

983 
WWPQ80 PGUM 090057
SPSPQ 

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TIYAN GU
1044 AM ChST Fri Feb 9 2018

PMZ161-171-172-092200-
KOROR PALAU-YAP-CHUUK-
1044 AM ChST Fri Feb 9 2018

...TROPICAL DEPRESSION 02W FORMED NORTHEAST OF FARAULEP...

NEWLY FORMED TROPICAL DEPRESSION 02W IS LOCATED NORTHEAST OF 
FARAULEP IN YAP STATE NEAR 11N147E. PLEASE REFER TO THE PUBLIC 
ADVISORY... WTPQ31 PGUM (TCPPQ1) ON TROPICAL DEPRESSION 02W FOR 
THE DISTANCES OF THE AFFECTED ISLANDS AND ATOLLS. MODEL CONSENSUS
STILL SUGGESTS THIS DISTURBANCE WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP AND TRACK
WESTWARD OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS. THIS TRACK WILL TAKE IT AWAY
FROM WESTERN CHUUK STATE INTO EASTERN YAP STATE TODAY THROUGH
TONIGHT...AND THEN TO WESTERN YAP STATE AND THE REPUBLIC OF PALAU
SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT.

FOR WESTERN CHUUK STATE... 
CONVERGING SOUTHEAST WINDS EAST OF THE DISTURBANCE CAN STILL BRING
SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH WIND GUSTS OF 20 TO
30 MPH FOR FANANU...CHUUK...LOSAP...AND LUKUNOR TONIGHT. SIMILAR 
CONDITIONS ARE ALSO EXPECTED FOR ULUL...PULUWAT ON SATURDAY. UP TO AN
INCH OF RAIN IS POSSIBLE ACROSS THESE PLACES BY SATURDAY EVENING.

FOR EASTERN YAP STATE...
EXPECT PERIODIC HEAVY SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH WIND
GUSTS OF 25 TO 30 MPH FOR SATAWAL...FARAULEP AND WOLIAI FROM THIS
AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. ONE TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN ARE
POSSIBLE ACROSS THESE LOCATIONS BY SATURDAY EVENING.

FOR WESTERN YAP STATE... 
PLEASE REFER TO THE TYPHOON LOCAL STATEMENT...WMO HEADER WTPQ81 PGUM
(HLSPQ1) FOR DETAILED INFORMATION. 

FOR THE REPUBLIC OF PALAU...
HEAVY RAIN WITH SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS AND SUSTAINED WINDS OF 20 TO
30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH ARE POSSIBLE FOR KAYANGEL AND KOROR FROM
SUNDAY TO MONDAY MORNING. TWO TO FOUR INCHES OF RAIN ARE POSSIBLE
ACROSS THESE LOCATIONS BY MONDAY AFTERNOON. WINDS AND SEAS ACROSS THE
AREA WILL BECOME HAZARDOUS FOR SMALL CRAFT OPERATION BY SUNDAY. SURF
HEIGHTS COULD ALSO RISE TO HAZARDOUS LEVELS BY SATURDAY NIGHT OR SUNDAY
MORNING. DEPENDING ON HOW FAST THIS SYSTEM DEVELOPS...A TROPICAL STORM
WATCH COULD BE ISSUED FOR THESE LOCATIONS LATER.

IF YOU ARE OPERATING SMALL BOATS OR PLANNING INTER-ISLAND TRAVEL OR 
OUTDOOR ACTIVITY...BE AWARE OF THE MARINE AND WEATHER CONDITIONS FOR
THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS. STAY INFORMED ON THE LATEST FORECASTS AND 
ADVISORIES ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AND YOUR LOCAL 
WEATHER SERVICE AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICES.

PRODUCTS ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ARE POSTED ON THE WFO
GUAM WEB PAGE AT WWW.PRH.NOAA.GOV/GUAM/.

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