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004 WTPQ81 PGUM 310518 HLSPQ1 URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED TYPHOON JELAWAT (03W) LOCAL STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TIYAN GU 318 PM CHST SAT MAR 31 2018 ...JELAWAT WEAKENING WEST OF THE NORTHERN CNMI... .NEW INFORMATION... A TROPICAL STORM WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR AGRIHAN IN THE NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS. .AREAS AFFECTED... THIS LOCAL STATEMENT PROVIDES INFORMATION AND RECOMMENDED ACTIONS FOR PEOPLE ON AGRIHAN IN THE COMMONWEALTH OF THE NORTHERN MARIANAS. .WATCHES/WARNINGS... A TROPICAL STORM WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR AGRIHAN IN THE NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS. .STORM INFORMATION... AT 100 PM CHST...0300 UTC...THE CENTER OF TYPHOON JELAWAT WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 18.6 DEGREES NORTH AND LONGITUDE 141.3 DEGREES EAST. THIS IS ABOUT 290 MILES WEST OF AGRIHAN ABOUT 295 MILES WEST OF PAGAN ABOUT 310 MILES WEST-NORTHWEST OF ALAMAGAN ABOUT 380 MILES NORTHWEST OF SAIPAN TYPHOON JELAWAT IS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 14 MPH WITH MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS OF 120 MPH. .SITUATION OVERVIEW... TYPHOON JELAWAT MIGHT WEAKEN INTO A TROPICAL STORM ON SUNDAY BUT WILL PASS AROUND 110 MILES NORTH OF AGRIHAN FROM LATE SUNDAY NIGHT OR EARLY MONDAY MORNING. .NEXT UPDATE... THE NEXT LOCAL STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED AT 900 PM CHST...OR SOONER IF CONDITIONS WARRANT. ...AGRIHAN... .PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... PEOPLE ON AGRIHAN SHOULD PREPARE FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF DAMAGING WINDS AND HEAVY SHOWERS. SMALL BOATS SHOULD BE SECURED. AVOID INTER- ISLAND TRAVEL BY BOATS THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT. ...WIND INFORMATION... SOUTHEAST WINDS OF 15 TO 20 MPH TODAY WILL GRADUALLY SHIFT TO THE SOUTHWEST AND INCREASE TO BETWEEN 20 AND 30 MPH BY SUNDAY MORNING. WINDS COULD INCREASE FURTHER TO BETWEEN 30 AND 40 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS NEAR SHOWERS BY SUNDAY EVENING. ...STORM SURGE AND SURF INFORMATION... SURF OF 9 TO 11 FEET ALONG THE NORTH AND WEST FACING SHORES WILL SPREAD TO SOUTH FACING SHORES BY SUNDAY AFTERNOON. SURF WILL BUILD FURTHER AND REACH 11 TO 13 FEET BY SUNDAY NIGHT AND THEN 13 TO 15 FEET ON MONDAY. INUNDATION OF 1 TO 2 FEET IS LIKELY ALONG WINDWARD COASTAL AREAS. ...OTHER STORM EFFECTS... LOCALLY HEAVY DOWNPOURS COULD PRODUCE UP TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN BY MONDAY AFTERNOON. $$ CHAN