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URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Tiyan GU
303 AM ChST Sat Jul 19 2025

PMZ161-190200-
/O.NEW.PGUM.SC.Y.0039.250718T1703Z-250719T0200Z/
Palau Coastal Waters-
303 AM ChST Sat Jul 19 2025

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL LATE MORNING TODAY...

* WHAT...West wind 20 to 30 kt with occasional gusts to 40 kt before
  noon.

* WHERE...Palau Coastal Waters.

* WHEN...Until late morning today.

* IMPACTS...Conditions will be hazardous to small craft.

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...An incoming southwesterly monsoonal boundary
  is expected to produce very strong sustained winds, occasional
  gale-force gusts and choppy seas that will be hazardous to small
  craft until late morning today. Winds and seas will taper slightly
  in the afternoon, but gusts are expected to occasionally be near
  gale-force in the early evening hours, before improving steadily
  thereafter.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Inexperienced mariners, especially those operating smaller vessels,
should avoid boating in hazardous conditions.

&&

$$

Montvila