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WTPQ81 PGUM 052310
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PMZ161-060500-
TROPICAL DEPRESSION 01W LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TIYAN GU
900 AM GUAM LST MON MAR 6 2006

...TROPICAL STORM 01W DOWNGRADED TO TROPICAL DEPRESSION...

...AREAS AFFECTED...
THIS STATEMENT RECOMMENDS ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN BY RESIDENTS OF THE
REPUBLIC OF PALAU.

...WATCHES AND WARNINGS...
A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR KOROR AND KAYANGEL.
A TROPICAL STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SONSOROL.

... INFORMATION...
AT 7 AM GUAM LST...2100Z...THE POORLY-DEFINED CENTER OF TROPICAL
DEPRESSION 01W WAS NEAR LATITUDE 6.6 DEGREES NORTH AND LONGITUDE
138.0 DEGREES EAST. THIS IS 250 MILES EAST OF KOROR
                            250 MILES EAST-SOUTHEAST OF KAYANGEL
                            120 MILES SOUTH-SOUTHEAST OF NGULU
                            200 MILES SOUTH OF YAP
                            410 MILES EAST-NORTHEAST OF SONSOROL

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE 30 MPH. TROPICAL DEPRESSION 01W IS
NEARLY STATIONARY...BUT IS FORECAST TO BEGIN MOVING WEST LATER
TODAY.

...KOROR AND KAYANGEL...
PORTIONS OF PALAU ARE NOW IN TROPICAL STORM CONDITION 3. AS NOW
FORECAST...TROPICAL DEPRESSION 01W IS EXPECTED TO PASS JUST SOUTH OF
KOROR LATE TUESDAY MORNING. PREPARE FOR BRIEF PERIODS OF TROPICAL
STORM FORCE WINDS TUESDAY MORNING INTO EARLY TUESDAY AFTERNOON.
FOLLOW INSTRUCTIONS FROM YOUR EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICE.

SINCE TROPICAL DEPRESSION 01W HAS BEHAVED VERY ERRATICALLY SO FAR...
PAY CLOSE ATTENTION TO THE LATEST INFORMATION FROM THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE AND YOUR LOCAL WEATHER OFFICE...AS FURTHER CHANGES
ARE POSSIBLE.

...WIND INFORMATION...
NORTHEAST WINDS SHOULD INCREASE TO 15 TO 25 MPH THIS EVENING...THEN
INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH OVERNIGHT. WINDS MAY BRIEFLY REACH TROPICAL
STORM FORCE AT 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH TUESDAY MORNING...
THEN SHIFT TO SOUTHEAST AND DIMINISH TO 25 TO 35 MPH BY LATE TUESDAY
AFTERNOON.

... SURGE AND SURF INFORMATION...
EXPECT HAZARDOUS SURF AT 10 TO 12 FEET ALONG NORTH...NORTHEAST AND
EAST FACING EXPOSURES THROUGH TONIGHT. SURF WILL REMAIN ABOVE
HAZARDOUS LEVELS THROUGH WEDNESDAY.

...OTHER  EFFECTS...
RAINFALL OF 4 TO 8 INCHES IS POSSIBLE AS TROPICAL DEPRESSION 01W
PASSES SOUTH OF KOROR. THE POTENTIAL FOR FLASH FLOODING IS HIGH IN
HILLY AREAS AND ALONG STREAMS. MUDSLIDES ARE POSSIBLE ON STEEP
SLOPES IF RAINFALL OCCURS AT THE UPPER END OF CURRENT ESTIMATES.

...SONSOROL...
IF TROPICAL DEPRESSION 01W TRACKS FURTHER SOUTH THAN EXPECTED...
BRIEF PERIODS OF TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS MAY OCCUR ON SONSOROL
LATE TUESDAY AFTERNOON OR EVENING.

...WIND INFORMATION...
IF TROPICAL DEPRESSION 01W INTENSIFIES AND MOVES FURTHER SOUTH THAN
EXPECTED...SONSOROL MAY EXPERIENCE A BRIEF PERIOD OF TROPICAL STORM
FORCE WINDS OF 40 MPH OR MORE FROM THE WEST EARLY TUESDAY EVENING.

... SURGE AND SURF INFORMATION...
SURF ALONG NORTH...NORTHEAST AND EAST FACING EXPOSURES WILL BE 6 TO
8 FEET TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY.

...OTHER  EFFECTS...
RAINFALL OF 1 TO 2 INCHES IS POSSIBLE AS TROPICAL DEPRESSION 01W
PASSES NORTH OF SONSOROL ON TUESDAY.

...NEXT UPDATE...
THE NEXT LOCAL STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE BY 3 PM GUAM LST.

$$
MIDDLEBROOKE




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