Expires:201903171900;Remove:201903171900;925629
WHPQ40 PGUM 171012 AAA
CFWPQ 

COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TIYAN GU
812 PM CHST SUN MAR 17 2019

UPDATED TO CANCEL HIGH SURF ADVISORY FOR KOROR

.OVERVIEW...TROPICAL DEPRESSION 03W IS FAR ENOUGH AWAY SO THAT SWELL
GENERATED BY IT HAS DECREASED SUBSTANTIALLY ACROSS THE REPUBLIC OF
PALAU. THIS HAS ALLOWED SURF TO DROP BELOW HAZARDOUS LEVELS. SURF
ACROSS WESTERN YAP STATE HAD ALREADY FALLEN BELOW HAZARDOUS LEVELS 
EARLIER THIS AFTERNOON.

LARGE TRADE-WIND SWELL AND WIND WAVES WILL ALSO PROLONG HAZARDOUS 
SURF ACROSS KOSRAE AND THE MARSHALL ISLANDS FOR A FEW MORE DAYS.

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PMZ161-171900-
KOROR PALAU-
812 PM CHST SUN MAR 17 2019

...HIGH SURF ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT...

TROPICAL DEPRESSION 03W HAS MOVED MORE THAN 80 MILES WEST OF KOROR
THIS EVENING. SWELL ASSOCIATED WITH 03W HAS SUBSIDED ENOUGH TO ALLOW
SURF TO DROP BELOW HAZARDOUS LEVELS.

CONTINUE TO EXERCISE CAUTION ALONG REEF LINES AND EXPOSED BEACHES
THROUGH TONIGHT AS RIP CURRENTS ARE STILL POSSIBLE.

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