Special Weather Statement

Description

Conditions have generally tapered down across Majuro from yesterdays wind and rain event. Scattered showers and isolated thunderstorms will bring some locally heavy showers through tonight. Further north, a tropical disturbance has produced robust convection across Bikini Atoll and the far northern Marshall Islands today. This morning's scatterometer shows that gusts could be approaching 40 to 45 knots in the heaviest showers and thunderstorms. Some of this heavy weather has made it as far south of Kwajalein today. Over the next couple of days, model guidance shows a westward shift of the tropical disturbance with a slow weakening trend. Scattered showers will remain possible across the RMI this week with a monsoon-like pattern remaining in place. Seas could approach 9 to 12 feet where the strongest winds and heaviest showers occur. This would make conditions hazardous to Small Craft across the far northern RMI with extreme choppiness. Boaters moving through the Marshall Islands north of Kwajalein should practice enhanced caution over the next day or so. For more information keep up to date with the latest information from the Majuro Weather Service office and your local emergency management agency.

Affected areas

• Majuro Coastal Waters

Public contact

Issuer

NWS Tiyan GU

Website

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