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AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION FOR AMERICAN SAMOA AND INDEPENDENT SAMOA
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PAGO PAGO AS
253 PM SST THU MAR 6 2014

.SHORT TERM...
TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY...SATELLITE IMAGERIES SHOW A TROUGH
SWEEPING ACROSS THE ISLANDS FROM MANUA. RAOB FROM THIS AFTERNOON
DEPICTS AN UNSTABLE PROFILE. MODELS CONTINUE TO HOLD UNSTABLE
WEATHER PATTERNS ACROSS THE ISLANDS FOR THE REST OF THE WEEK.
THEREFORE EXPECT SCATTERED SHOWERS AND VARIABLE WINDS DURING THE
SHORT TERM.

.LONG TERM...
SUNDAY THROUGH THURSDAY...COMPUTER MODELS HAVE MATERIALIZED A
CIRCULATION WELL SOUTHWEST OF THE REGION. THIS CIRCULATION IS
EXPECTED TO REMAIN WELL SOUTHWEST OF THE SAMOAN ISLANDS WITH
MINIMAL IMPACT OVER THE AREA. TO THE NORTH OF THE REGION...A
SURFACE TROUGH WILL REMAIN NEARLY STATIONARY INTO THE NEW WEEK AS
A WEAK SURFACE RIDGE SHIELDS THE SAMOAN ISLANDS. THIS RIDGE WILL
LIFT THE TROUGH AXIS ABOVE THE TOKELAU REGION DURING THE NEXT
SEVERAL DAYS. THUS...ISOLATED TO SCATTERED SHOWERS AFTERNOON
SHOWERS ARE EXPECTED DURING MOST OF THE LONG-TERM FCST PERIOD
ACROSS THE SAMOAN ISLANDS.

&&

.MARINE...
NO SIGNIFICANT SWELLS ARE EXPECTED TO IMPACT COASTAL WATERS AND
SHORELINES DURING THE FCST PERIOD.

&&

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

&&

$$

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