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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TIYAN GU

924 AM ChST Thu Nov 28 2019



...DANGEROUS SURF AND HAZARDOUS SEAS ACROSS PALAU AND YAP...



NEWLY UPGRADED TYPHOON (TY) KAMMURI (29W) IS LOCATED ABOUT 230 MILES

NORTH-NORTHEAST OF YAP OR 495 MILES NORTHEAST OF KOROR AT 12.6N139.3E

THIS MORNING. IT IS MOVING WEST-NORTHWESTWARD AT 9 MPH WITH MAXIMUM 

SUSTAINED WINDS OF 75 MPH. TY KAMMURI IS EXPECTED TO TURN TOWARD THE

NORTHWEST LATER TODAY AND TONIGHT FARTHER AWAY FROM YAP AND KOROR.



LARGE NORTH-NORTHWEST TO NORTH SWELL GENERATED BY TY KAMMURI WILL 

CONTINUE TO IMPACT WESTERN YAP STATE AND THE REPUBLIC OF PALAU

THROUGH THIS WEEKEND. THIS SWELL WILL MAINTAIN DANGEROUS SURF ON 

ISLANDS EAST OF YAP PROPER AND HAZARDOUS SURF ON ISLANDS SOUTHWEST OF

YAP PROPER...AND ON KAYANGEL NORTH OF KOROR.



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PMZ161-282100-

KOROR PALAU-

924 AM ChST Thu Nov 28 2019



...KAYANGEL...



HAZARDOUS SURF OF 12 TO 14 FEET WILL CONTINUE ALONG NORTH AND EAST 

FACING SHORES THROUGH TONIGHT...THEN SUBSIDE TO BETWEEN 10 AND 12

FEET FRIDAY. SURF IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN AT THESE LEVELS AND SPREAD TO

WEST FACING SHORES DURING THIS WEEKEND. 



SEAS OF 10 TO 12 FEET WILL CONTINUE NEAR KAYANGEL THROUGH FRIDAY... 

THEN GRADUALLY SUBSIDE FRIDAY NIGHT BUT WILL REMAIN HAZARDOUS FOR 

SMALL CRAFT THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING.



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PMZ171-282100-

YAP-

924 AM ChST Thu Nov 28 2019



...ULITHI AND FAIS...



WEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WILL GRADUALLY SHIFT TO THE SOUTHWEST

LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. SOUTHWEST WINDS SHOULD DECREASE TO

BETWEEN 15 AND 25 MPH ON SATURDAY.



DANGEROUS SURF OF 15 TO 17 FEET WILL CONTINUE ALONG NORTH FACING

SHORES THROUGH THIS EVENING...THEN GRADUALLY SUBSIDE TO BETWEEN 13 

AND 15 FEET FRIDAY. SURF SHOULD SLOWLY DECREASE STARTING FRIDAY NIGHT

BUT WILL REMAIN HAZARDOUS THROUGH THIS WEEKEND.



HAZARDOUS SURF OF 9 TO 11 FEET WILL PERSIST ALONG WEST FACING SHORES

THROUGH FRIDAY AND COULD RISE FURTHER TO BETWEEN 10 AND 12 FEET THIS

WEEKEND. HAZARDOUS SURF ALONG EAST FACING SHORES WILL FALL BELOW

HAZARDOUS LEVELS LATER THIS AFTERNOON.



...NGULU...



HAZARDOUS SURF OF 12 TO 14 FEET WILL CONTINUE ALONG NORTH AND EAST 

FACING SHORES THROUGH TONIGHT...THEN SUBSIDE TO BETWEEN 10 AND 12

FEET FRIDAY. SURF IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN AT THESE LEVELS AND SPREAD TO

WEST FACING SHORES DURING THIS WEEKEND.



COMBINED SEAS OF 13 TO 15 FEET NEAR ALL THE ABOVE ISLANDS WILL REMAIN

HAZARDOUS EVEN FOR LARGER VESSELS THROUGH TONIGHT...THEN GRADUALLY 

SUBSIDE FRIDAY BUT WILL REMAIN HAZARDOUS FOR SMALL CRAFT THROUGH 

SATURDAY.



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RESIDENTS OF ALL THE ABOVE LOCATIONS SHOULD STAY AWAY FROM THE 

AFFECTED FACING REEFS AND EXPOSED BEACHES...HUGE BREAKING WAVES AND 

STRONG RIP CURRENTS CAN CREATE DANGEROUS CONDITIONS. SMALL BOATS NEED

TO BE REMAINED IN PORT THROUGH SATURDAY AND INTER-ISLAND TRAVEL BY 

LARGER VESSELS SHOULD BE POSTPONED UNTIL FRIDAY AFTERNOON.



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