PGUM issues SPS valid 2019-12-01T03:07:00Z 610 WWPQ82 PGUM 010307 AAA SPSPQ2 SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TIYAN GU 107 PM ChST Sun Dec 1 2019 ...DISTURBANCE EAST OF CHUUK NOW THE SUBJECT OF A TROPICAL CYCLONE FORMATION ALERT... THE JOINT TYPHOON WARNING CENTER (JTWC) HAS ISSUED A TROPICAL CYCLONE FORMATION ALERT (TCFA) ON THE TROPICAL DISTURBANCE DESIGNATED 95W. AT 1210 PM CHST...THE DISTURBANCE WAS LOCATED NEAR 7.2N 154.8E OR ABOUT 200 MILES EAST OF WENO CHUCK AND 235 MILES WEST OF POHNPEI. WHILE THE SYSTEM DOES NOT YET WARRANT A TROPICAL CYCLONE WARNING...IT WILL CREATE DANGEROUS SEAS FOR SMALL CRAFT...HIGH SURF ALONG WINDWARD REEFS AND WINDY CONDITIONS TO ITS NORTH AND SOUTHWEST. THIS WILL AFFECT CHUCK STATE AND EASTERN YAP STATE. THE SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO CONSOLIDATE AND BECOME A TROPICAL DEPRESSION IN THE NEXT 12 TO 24 HOURS. ...VERY HIGH SURF AND SEAS HAZARDOUS FOR SMALL CRAFT... TYPHOON KAMMURI (29W) IS LOCATED ABOUT 475 MILES WEST-NORTHWEST OF YAP AND 430 MILES NORTH-NORTHWEST OF KOROR NEAR 13N132E AT 7 AM CHST THIS MORNING. IT IS MOVING WEST AT 15 MPH WITH MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS OF 75 MPH. KAMMURI IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE WESTWARD MOVEMENT ACROSS THE PHILIPPINE SEA TOWARD THE PHILIPPINES OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS. LARGE NORTH-NORTHWEST SWELL GENERATED BY KAMMURI WILL PERSIST ACROSS WESTERN YAP STATE AND THE REPUBLIC OF PALAU FOR A FEW MORE DAYS. ADDITIONALLY...MODERATE EAST-NORTHEAST TRADE-WIND SWELL WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE REGION. COMBINING WITH THE NORTH-NORTHWEST SWELL...A MIXED SEA STATE IS EXPECTED WHICH WILL MAKE NAVIGATING EVEN IN LARGER VESSELS DIFFICULT. PMZ172-020315- CHUUK- 107 PM ChST Sun Dec 1 2019 ...A TROPICAL CYCLONE FORMATION ALERT IS IN EFFECT FOR AREAS WITHIN CHUUK STATE... AT 1210 PM CHST...THE TROPICAL DISTURBANCE WAS LOCATED NEAR 7.2N 154.8E OR ABOUT 200 MILES EAST OF WENO CHUCK AND 235 MILES WEST OF POHNPEI. WHILE THE SYSTEM DOES NOT YET WARRANT A TROPICAL CYCLONE WARNING...IT WILL CREATE DANGEROUS SEAS FOR SMALL CRAFT...HIGH SURF ALONG WINDWARD REEFS...CHOPPY SEAS INSIDE LAGOONS AND WINDY CONDITIONS TO ITS NORTH AND SOUTHWEST. THIS WILL AFFECT CHUCK STATE AND EASTERN YAP STATE. THE SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO CONSOLIDATE AND BECOME A TROPICAL DEPRESSION IN THE NEXT 12 TO 24 HOURS. THIS WILL AFFECT CHUCK STATE WITH SEAS INSIDE LAGOON AREAS BEING CHOPPY AND ROUGH AND AREAS OUTSIDE LAGOONS HAVING LARGE SWELLS WITH MIXED Directions IN ADDITION TO CHOPPY WAVES. SMALL BOATS SHOULD NOT ATTEMPT INTER-ISLAND TRAVEL UNTIL THE SYSTEM HAS MOVED WELL WEST OF CHUUK STATE AND SEAS HAVE SUBSIDED. STAY AWAY FROM REEFS WITH HIGH SURF AND EXPOSED BEACHES. HUGE POUNDING WAVES CAN KNOCK YOU UNCONSCIOUS AND CAUSE YOU TO DROWN. RIP CURRENTS WILL BE VERY DANGEROUS. $$ PMZ161-020315- KOROR PALAU- 107 PM ChST Sun Dec 1 2019 ...KAYANGEL... DANGEROUS SURF OF 14 TO 16 FEET WILL CONTINUE ALONG NORTH AND WEST FACING SHORES THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON...THEN SUBSIDE TO HAZARDOUS LEVELS OF 12 TO 14 FEET THIS EVENING. SURF SHOULD SUBSIDE FURTHER TO BETWEEN 10 AND 12 FEET MONDAY BUT WILL REMAIN HAZARDOUS THROUGH TUESDAY. SEAS WILL REMAIN HAZARDOUS TO SMALL CRAFT THROUGH MONDAY EVENING. STAY AWAY FROM NORTH AND WEST FACING REEFS AND EXPOSED BEACHES. HUGE POUNDING WAVES CAN KNOCK YOU UNCONSCIOUS AND CAUSE YOU TO DROWN. RIP CURRENTS WILL BE DEADLY. INTER-ISLAND TRAVEL BY BOAT SHOULD BE POSTPONED UNTIL MIDWEEK. $$ PMZ171-020315- YAP- 107 PM ChST Sun Dec 1 2019 ...A TROPICAL CYCLONE FORMATION ALERT IS IN EFFECT FOR AREAS WITHIN EASTERN YAP STATE... AT 1210 PM CHST...THE TROPICAL DISTURBANCE WAS LOCATED NEAR 7.2N 154.8E OR ABOUT 530 MILES EAST OF SATAWAL...705 MILES EAST OF FARAULEP AND 1055 MILES EAST OF YAP. WHILE THE SYSTEM DOES NOT YET WARRANT A TROPICAL CYCLONE WARNING...IT WILL CREATE DANGEROUS SEAS FOR SMALL CRAFT...HIGH SURF ALONG WINDWARD REEFS...CHOPPY SEAS INSIDE LAGOONS AND WINDY CONDITIONS TO ITS NORTH AND SOUTHWEST. THIS WILL AFFECT EASTERN YAP STATE OVER THE NEXT 24 HOURS. THE SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO CONSOLIDATE AND BECOME A TROPICAL DEPRESSION IN THE NEXT 12 TO 24 HOURS. THIS WILL AFFECT EASTERN YAP STATE WITH SEAS INSIDE LAGOON AREAS BEING CHOPPY AND ROUGH...AND AREAS OUTSIDE LAGOONS HAVING LARGE SWELLS WITH MIXED DIRECTIONS IN ADDITION TO CHOPPY WAVES. SMALL BOATS SHOULD NOT ATTEMPT INTER-ISLAND TRAVEL UNTIL THE SYSTEM HAS MOVED WELL WEST OF EASTERN YAP STATE STATE AND SEAS HAVE SUBSIDED. STAY AWAY FROM REEFS WITH HIGH SURF AND EXPOSED BEACHES. HUGE POUNDING WAVES CAN KNOCK YOU UNCONSCIOUS AND CAUSE YOU TO DROWN. RIP CURRENTS WILL BE VERY DANGEROUS. ...ULITHI AND FAIS... HAZARDOUS SURF OF 10 TO 12 FEET WILL PERSIST ALONG NORTH AND WEST FACING REEFS THROUGH TONIGHT...BEFORE GRADUALLY SUBSIDING MONDAY. SEAS WILL REMAIN HAZARDOUS TO SMALL CRAFT THROUGH THIS EVENING. AVOID VENTURING OUT ALONG NORTH AND WEST FACING REEFS AND EXPOSED BEACHES. LARGE BREAKING WAVES CAN KNOCK YOU DOWN AND CAUSE SERIOUS INJURIES. RIP CURRENTS WILL BE LIFE THREATENING. INTER-ISLAND TRAVEL BY BOAT SHOULD BE POSTPONED UNTIL TUESDAY. ...YAP ISLAND AND NGULU... DANGEROUS SURF OF 11 TO 13 FEET WILL AFFECT YAP AND NGULU THROUGH TODAY. SURF SHOULD SUBSIDE TO BETWEEN 10 AND 12 FEET MONDAY BUT WILL REMAIN HAZARDOUS THROUGH TUESDAY. SEAS WILL REMAIN HAZARDOUS TO SMALL CRAFT THROUGH MONDAY EVENING. STAY AWAY FROM NORTH AND WEST FACING REEFS AND EXPOSED BEACHES. HUGE POUNDING WAVES CAN KNOCK YOU UNCONSCIOUS AND CAUSE YOU TO DROWN. RIP CURRENTS WILL BE DEADLY. INTER-ISLAND TRAVEL BY BOAT SHOULD BE POSTPONED UNTIL MIDWEEK. $$ RESIDENTS OF ALL THE ABOVE LOCATIONS SHOULD STAY ALERT WITH THE LATEST INFORMATION AND LISTEN TO INSTRUCTIONS FROM THEIR LOCAL EMERGENCY OFFICIALS. THIS SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT WILL BE UPDATED WHEN NEW INFORMATION BECOME AVAILABLE. $$ GUARD/AYDLETT/CHAN