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Area Forecast Discussion
Issued by NWS Tiyan, Guam
Issued by NWS Tiyan, Guam
231 FXPQ50 PGUM 170807 AFDGUM Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Tiyan GU 607 PM ChST Mon Jun 17 2024 .Marianas Synopsis... Partly cloudy skies with isolated showers over the CNMI. Mostly cloudy with scattered showers for Guam. Gentle to moderate trade winds prevail across the Marianas. Ritidian buoy shows seas between 5 and 6 feet, while altimetry shows 3 to 6 feet. && .Discussion... A weak disturbance moving through to the south of Guam is producing scattered showers and isolated thunderstorms over southern Guam and coastal waters. This disturbance will move through overnight, with drier conditions moving in around mid-morning Tuesday. Then, the dry trade-wind pattern that is already in place over the CNMI is expected to push into Guam, with a drier pattern continuing into next week. && .Marine... Gentle to moderate trade winds are expected to continue across the coastal waters into the weekend. Winds could become mostly gentle for a brief period on Thursday. Combined seas of 4 to 6 feet will continue to slowly subside over the next couple of days, dropping to between 2 and 4 feet by the end of the week. The trade-wind swell will be sufficient to maintain a moderate risk of rip currents along east facing reefs for the next several days. && .Eastern Micronesia and Chuuk... The ITCZ was fairly active across the region this morning, but convection is starting to wane, especially around Kosrae where satellite imagery shows skies have become partly cloudy with only isolated showers. Otherwise scattered showers and isolated thunderstorms are across the Marshall Islands, mainly near and south of Kwajalein, and through Pohnpei and Chuuk. Models now show the ITCZ fragmenting into a series a troughs Tuesday or Wednesday, which would begin to concentrate showers around these troughs, still supporting a wet pattern across the region, but allowing periods of isolated showers across some of the islands like Kosrae this evening. Kosrae is expected to have scattered showers and isolated thunderstorms push back in Tuesday afternoon as the convergence near the Marshall Islands pushes westward, which should allow showers to briefly become isolated at Majuro Wednesday before the next trough moves in from the central Pacific. For Chuuk and Pohnpei, periods of isolated showers are possible but given the variation between models, the exact timing of when this would occur is difficult to pinpoint and will be evaluated in future forecasts. Latest altimetry shows combined seas of 4 to 6 feet across the region, with some locally higher seas possible near heavier showers and thunderstorms. Seas are not expected to change much this week as the trade swell is expected to change very little. Besides locally stronger gusts near showers and thunderstorms, winds will remain gentle to moderate this week, becoming moderate to fresh at Majuro around Wednesday. && .Western Micronesia for Palau and Yap... Scattered to numerous showers and isolated thunderstorms are still the predominate weather across western Micronesia as a broad disturbance, made up of a surface trough that extends into the region from the Philippines, and the ITCZ extending across Chuuk State. Models suggest the surface trough will continue to linger in far western Micronesia, though it may retreat slightly westward towards 130E as the trade winds push further into western Micronesia and the surface trough struggles to extend westward to southeast Asia, as Palau and Yap remain in this early transitional phase of the summer monsoon pattern. This will continue to keep Palau and Yap in a fairly active pattern through the rest of the week and into the weekend, though a westward shift of the trough may allow some of the heavier convection to move west of Palau and Yap, briefly decreasing the potential for thunderstorms at Yap Wednesday and Thursday, and Friday for Palau. Winds are expected to remain gentle to moderate overall, with winds at Yap mainly from the southeast, while Palau will be more variable overall likely switching between southeast and southwest at times depending on how the troughs moves over the next few days. Buoy and altimetry data show seas around 2 to 3 feet around Palau and 3 to 5 feet around Yap. Marine conditions are not expected to change that much over the next several days. && .GUM WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... GU...None. MP...None. Marianas Waters...None. && $$ Marianas: Kleeschulte Micronesia: Schank