2 products issued by NWS for: Saipan GU
High Surf Advisory
COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TIYAN GU 526 PM CHST WED NOV 25 2009 ...HIGH SURF WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FOR GUAM AND ROTA... .OVERVIEW...SWELLS GENERATED BY TYPHOON NIDA WILL PRODUCE DANGEROUS SURF CONDITIONS...SOME COASTAL FLOODING AND A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING. GUZ003-004-260200- /X.CON.PGUM.SU.Y.0021.000000T0000Z-091127T0800Z/ TINIAN-SAIPAN- 526 PM CHST WED NOV 25 2009 ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CHST FRIDAY... A HIGH SURF ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CHST FRIDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... AVOID VENTURING NEAR EXPOSED REEFS AND BEACHES...ESPECIALLY ALONG EASTERN EXPOSURES. RIP CURRENTS CAN BE LIFE THREATENING. && $$
Special Weather Statement
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TIYAN GU 711 AM CHST WED NOV 25 2009 GUZ001>004-PMZ151>154-251200- GUAM-ROTA-TINIAN-SAIPAN-MARIANAS COASTAL WATERS- 711 AM CHST WED NOV 25 2009 ...TYPHOON NIDA REMAINS WELL TO THE SOUTH OF GUAM... TYPHOON NIDA...CENTERED ABOUT 225 MILES SOUTH-SOUTHWEST OF GUAM AT 7 AM THIS MORNING...IS FORECAST TO CONTINUE MOVING NORTHWEST DURING THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS...PASSING ABOUT 175 MILES SOUTHWEST OF GUAM EARLY ON THURSDAY MORNING. TYPHOON NIDA IS NOT EXPECTED TO BRING MORE THAN SCATTERED LOCALLY HEAVY SHOWERS AND BREEZY CONDITIONS TO THE MARIANAS THROUGH THURSDAY. NEVERTHELESS...A NORTHWARD SHIFT IN THE TRACK OF NIDA COULD STILL BRING STRONGER WINDS AND HEAVIER RAINS THAN CURRENTLY EXPECTED. RESIDENTS OF THE MARIANAS SHOULD NOT LET THEIR GUARD DOWN AS LARGE SWELLS GENERATED BY NIDA WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS SURF AND DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS FOR THE NEXT FEW DAYS. ACCORDINGLY...RESIDENTS OF THE MARIANAS SHOULD CONTINUE TO CLOSELY MONITOR THE PROGRESS OF TYPHOON NIDA. KEEP UP TO DATE ON THE LATEST STATEMENTS AND ADVISORIES FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE...AND BE PREPARED TO ACT IF A WATCH OR WARNING IS ISSUED. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION...REFER TO PUBLIC ADVISORIES ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE UNDER WMO HEADER WTPQ31 PGUM. $$ MCELROY