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AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION FOR AMERICAN SAMOA AND INDEPENDENT SAMOA
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PAGO PAGO AS
337 PM SST WED MAY 22 2013

.SHORT TERM...
.TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT...CLOUDS AND SCATTERED SHOWERS ARE
FOUND TO THE WEST AND NORTHWEST OF TUTUILA. THIS SITUATION WILL
MAINLY IMPACT UPOLU AND SAVAII THIS EVENING BEFORE MIDNIGHT
TONIGHT. COMPUTER MODELS NOW HINTS AT BRINGING SCATTERED SHOWERS
NEAR TUTUILA AND UPOLU ON THURSDAY NIGHT INTO FRIDAY MORNING.
THANKS TO AN EXISTING TRADE-WIND REGIME WHICH WILL CONTINUE TO
INFLUENCE LOCAL WEATHER CONDITIONS AND SEAS ACROSS THE FCST ZONES
AND WATERS. AS A RESULT...ANTICIPATE PARTLY TO MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES
AND ISOLATED SHOWERS...EXCEPT OVER UPOLU EASTWARD ON THURSDAY
NIGHT AND FRIDAY.

.LONG TERM...
.SATURDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY...A SURFACE RIDGE TO THE SOUTH OF THE
SAMOAN ISLANDS WILL SUSTAIN FAVORABLE WEATHER CONDITIONS. IF
MODELS ARE CORRECT...ANTICIPATE GENTLE TO MODERATE WINDS AND ONLY
ISOLATED SHOWERS OVER THE WEEKEND INTO THE EARLY DAYS OF THE NEW
WEEK ACROSS THE FCST ZONES.

&&

.MARINE...SEAS OF 5 TO 7 FEET WILL CONTINUE OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL
DAYS. THERE ARE NO SIGNIFICANT SWELLS EXPECTED DURING THE NEXT COUPLE
OF DAYS.

&&

.PPG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
.A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY.

&&

$$

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