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WTPQ81 PGUM 060159
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PMZ161-060500-
TROPICAL DEPRESSION 01W LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TIYAN GU
1200 PM GUAM LST MON MAR 6 2006

...TROPICAL STORM 01W RELOCATED WELL SOUTHEAST OF KOROR...

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

...WATCHES AND WARNINGS...
THE TROPICAL STORM WARNING FOR KOROR AND KAYANGEL IS CANCELLED AS OF
1100 AM GUAM LST.

IN ITS PLACE...A TROPICAL STORM WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR KOROR AND
KAYANGEL. THIS MEANS THAT TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS OF 39 MPH OR
MORE ARE NOT EXPECTED WITHIN 24 HOURS...BUT ARE STILL POSSIBLE
WITHIN 48 HOURS.

A TROPICAL STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SONSOROL IN THE
REPUBLIC OF PALAU.

... INFORMATION...
AT 10 AM GUAM LST...0000Z...THE POORLY-DEFINED CENTER OF TROPICAL
DEPRESSION 01W WAS RELOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 5.1 DEGREES NORTH AND
LONGITUDE 137.2 DEGREES EAST.
THIS IS ABOUT 245 MILES SOUTHEAST OF KOROR
              270 MILES SOUTHEAST OF KAYANGEL
              220 MILES SOUTH OF NGULU
              310 MILES SOUTH-SOUTHWEST OF YAP
              345 MILES EAST OF SONSOROL

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE 30 MPH. TROPICAL DEPRESSION 01W HAS BEEN
NEARLY STATIONARY...BUT APPEARS TO BE STARTING A WESTWARD MOVEMENT.

...KOROR AND KAYANGEL...
PORTIONS OF PALAU ARE NOW IN TROPICAL STORM CONDITION 3. AS NOW
FORECAST...TROPICAL DEPRESSION 01W IS EXPECTED TO PASS WELL SOUTH OF
KOROR LATE TUESDAY MORNING. PREPARE FOR THE POSSIBILITY 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 20 MPH THIS EVENING...THEN
INCREASE TO 20 TO 25 MPH OVERNIGHT. WINDS MAY BRIEFLY REACH TROPICAL
STORM FORCE AT 30 TO 40 MPH LATE TUESDAY MORNING INTO TUESDAY
AFTERNOON...THEN SHIFT TO SOUTHEAST AND DIMINISH TO 20 TO 30 MPH BY
LATE TUESDAY EVENING.

... 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 2 TO 4 INCHES IS POSSIBLE THROUGH TUESDAY AS TROPICAL
DEPRESSION 01W PASSES SOUTH OF KOROR. LOCAL FLOODING IS POSSIBLE.

...SONSOROL...
IF TROPICAL DEPRESSION 01W CONTINUES TO MOVE WEST...IT WILL PASS
NEAR SONSOROL LATE TUESDAY. PREPARE FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF TROPICAL
STORM FORCE WINDS TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. FOLLOW INSTRUCTIONS
FROM THE KOROR 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...
IF TROPICAL DEPRESSION 01W INTENSIFIES AND CONTINUES MOVING WEST...
SONSOROL MAY EXPERIENCE A BRIEF PERIOD OF TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS
OF 39 MPH OR MORE FROM THE WEST TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

... SURGE AND SURF INFORMATION...
SURF ALONG NORTH...NORTHEAST AND EAST FACING EXPOSURES WILL BE 6 TO
8 FEET TONIGHT...INCREASING TO HAZARDOUS 10 TO 12 FEET TUESDAY AND
TUESDAY NIGHT.

...OTHER  EFFECTS...
RAINFALL OF 4 TO 8 INCHES IS POSSIBLE AS TROPICAL DEPRESSION 01W
PASSES NEAR 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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