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AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION FOR AMERICAN SAMOA AND INDEPENDENT SAMOA
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PAGO PAGO AS
153 PM SST THU DEC 12 2013

.SHORT TERM...
TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT...SATELLITE IMAGERIES SHOW AN
ACTIVE TROUGH NEAR SOUTHWEST OF THE ISLANDS. RAOB FROM THIS
AFTERNOON DEPICTS AN UNSTABLE PROFILE. MODELS CONTINUE TO HOLD
UNSTABLE CONDITIONS ACROSS THE ISLANDS THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT. THE
TROUGH IS EXPECTED TO MIGRATE ACROSS THE ISLANDS TONIGHT.
THEREFORE EXPECTED SCATTERED SHOWERS AND A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS
TONIGHT BEFORE BECOMING ISOLATED SHOWERS AND SATURDAY. WINDS WILL
BE FROM THE NORTHWEST SHIFTING NORTHEAST ON SATURDAY. A HIGH TO
THE FAR EAST SOUTHEAST WILL BRING STABLE WEATHER ON SATURDAY AND
THE REST OF THE WEEKEND.

.LONG TERM...
SUNDAY THROUGH THURSDAY...THE RIDGE WILL DOMINATE MOST OF THE
WEATHER FCST FOR THE NEW WEEK. EXPECTED NORTHEAST WINDS TO
INCREASE TO GENTLE CONDITIONS ON MONDAY. THEREFORE NO CHANGES TO
THE PREVIOUS FCST.

&&

.MARINE...
NO SIGNIFICANT SWELLS ARE EXPECTED IN THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS.

&&

.PPG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
NONE.

&&

$$

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