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TROPICAL DEPRESSION 03W LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TIYAN GU
231 PM CHST SUN MAR 25 2018

...TROPICAL DEPRESSION 03W INTENSIFYING SOUTHWEST OF WOLEAI...

.NEW INFORMATION...
A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR YAP AND NGULU IN YAP
STATE, AND KAYANGEL AND KOROR IN PALAU.

.AREAS AFFECTED...
THIS LOCAL STATEMENT PROVIDES INFORMATION AND RECOMMENDED ACTIONS
FOR PEOPLE ON KOROR AND KAYANGEL IN THE REPUBLIC OF PALAU AND YAP...
NGULU...ULITHI AND FAIS IN YAP STATE.

.WATCHES/WARNINGS...
A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR YAP AND NGULU IN YAP
STATE, AND KAYANGEL AND KOROR IN THE REPUBLIC OF PALAU.

A TROPICAL STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ULITHI AND FAIS IN YAP
STATE.

.STORM INFORMATION...

AT 100 PM CHST...0300 UTC...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL DEPRESSION 03W WAS
LOCATED BY SATELLITE NEAR LATITUDE 6.0 DEGREES NORTH AND LONGITUDE
140.4 DEGREES EAST.

ABOUT 255 MILES SOUTHEAST OF NGULU
ABOUT 260 MILES SOUTH OF FAIS
ABOUT 275 MILES SOUTH OF ULITHI
ABOUT 290 MILES SOUTH-SOUTHEAST OF YAP
ABOUT 420 MILES EAST-SOUTHEAST OF KOROR AND KAYANGEL

TROPICAL DEPRESSION 03W IS MOVING WEST AT 16 MPH WITH MAXIMUM
SUSTAINED WINDS OF 35 MPH.

.SITUATION OVERVIEW...
TROPICAL DEPRESSION 03W IS SLOWLY STRENGTHENING AND IS EXPECTED TO
PASS BETWEEN KOROR AND YAP ON MONDAY.

.NEXT UPDATE...
THE NEXT LOCAL STATEMENT ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ON
TROPICAL DEPRESSION 03W WILL BE AT 900 PM THIS EVENING.

...YAP AND NGULU...

.PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
PEOPLE ON YAP AND NGULU SHOULD PREPARE FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF
DAMAGING WINDS AND HEAVY RAIN. SMALL CRAFT SHOULD RETURN TO PORT.
AVOID INTER-ISLAND TRAVEL UNTIL WINDS AND SEAS HAVE SUBSIDED. STOCK
UP ON FOOD AND WATER.

...WIND INFORMATION...
NORTHEAST WIND OF 20 TO 30 MPH WILL SHIFT TO EAST LATE TONIGHT AND
MONDAY AND INCREASE TO BETWEEN 30 AND 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH.
WINDS WILL SHIFT TO SOUTHEAST MONDAY NIGHT WHILE SLOWLY DECREASING.

...STORM SURGE AND SURF INFORMATION...

SURF OF 10 TO 14 FT ON NORTH AND EAST FACING REEFS WILL INCREASE
OVERNIGHT. SURF IS EXPECTED TO REACH DANGEROUS LEVELS OF 12 TO 16 FT
TONIGHT AND THEN BEGIN TO SPREAD TO SOUTH AND WEST FACING REEFS
MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY AS 03W PASSES BY. STORM SURGE WITH
INUNDATION OF 1 TO 2 FEET IS POSSIBLE ALONG WINDWARD COASTAL AREAS.

...OTHER STORM EFFECTS...
RAINFALL OF 4 TO 8 INCHES IS POSSIBLE THROUGH TUESDAY.

...KOROR...BABELDAOB AND KAYANGEL...

.PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
PEOPLE ON KOROR...BABELDAOB AND KAYANGEL SHOULD PREPARE FOR THE
LIKELIHOOD OF MARGINAL DAMAGING WINDS AND HEAVY RAIN. SMALL CRAFT
SHOULD RETURN TO PORT BY EVENING. AVOID INTER-ISLAND TRAVEL UNTIL
WINDS AND SEAS HAVE SUBSIDED.

...WIND INFORMATION...
NORTHEAST WIND 15 TO 20 MPH WILL INCREASE TO BETWEEN 20 AND 30 MPH
TONIGHT. ON MONDAY...WINDS WILL SHIFT TO NORTHWEST...INCREASING
FURTHER TO BETWEEN 30 AND 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH. WINDS WILL
SHIFT TO SOUTHWEST MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY WHILE SLOWLY DECREASING.

...STORM SURGE AND SURF INFORMATION...
SURF OF 8 TO 10 FT ON NORTH AND EAST FACING REEFS WILL BEGIN TO
INCREASE THIS AFTERNOON. SURF WILL BUILD TO BETWEEN 10 AND 13 FEET
OVERNIGHT AND IS EXPECTED TO BECOME DANGEROUS AT 12 TO 16 FEET
MONDAY. SURF WILL GRADUALLY BUILD ALONG WEST FACING REEFS...REACHING
DANGEROUS LEVELS OF 10 TO 14 FEET ON MONDAY. STORM SURGE WITH
INUNDATION OF 1 TO 2 FEET IS POSSIBLE WHERE THE REEFS ARE NARROW.
THIS PRIMARILY INCLUDES ANGAUR...PELELIU...BABELDAOB...AND KAYANGEL.

...OTHER STORM EFFECTS...
RAINFALL OF 4 TO 8 INCHES IS POSSIBLE THROUGH TUESDAY.

...ULITHI AND FAIS...

.PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
PEOPLE ON FAIS AND ULITHI SHOULD PREPARE FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF
DAMAGING WINDS AND HEAVY RAIN. SMALL CRAFT RETURN TO PORT. AVOID
INTER-ISLAND TRAVEL UNTIL WINDS AND SEAS HAVE SUBSIDED. STOCK UP ON
FOOD AND WATER IF NEEDED.

...WIND INFORMATION...
NORTHEAST WIND 20 TO 25 MPH WILL SHIFT EAST TONIGHT THEN BUILD TO
BETWEEN 25 AND 35 MPH MONDAY MORNING. WINDS WILL GRADUALLY SHIFT TO
THE SOUTHEAST MONDAY AFTERNOON AND THEN BEGIN TO SLOWLY DECREASE.

...STORM SURGE AND SURF INFORMATION...
SURF OF 10 TO 14 FT ON NORTH AND EAST FACING REEFS WILL CONTINUE
THROUGH THIS EVENING. SURF COULD REACH DANGEROUS LEVELS OF 12 TO 16
FEET OVERNIGHT. SURF WILL BEGIN TO SLOWLY DIMINISH BELOW DANGEROUS
LEVELS MONDAY MORNING BUT WILL SPREAD TO SOUTH FACING REEFS. HIGH
SURF WITH INUNDATION OF UP TO 1 TO 2 FEET IS POSSIBLE ALONG WINDWARD
COASTAL AREAS OF ULITHI AROUND TIMES OF HIGH TIDE.

...OTHER STORM EFFECTS...
RAINFALL OF 2 TO 3 INCHES IS POSSIBLE THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT.

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W. AYDLETT/GUARD
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