Friday morning Pohnpei Time. Looks like a six foot swell out there with some not so good winds. Starting tonight winds are coming down and turning to South East, straight off shore at Palikir (faces North West) As today it looks like non stop stop head high surf or bigger for as long as the forecast goes (around 5 to 7 days) and a big low developing right behind.
Micronesia Waters for Pohnpei
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FZPQ51 PGUM 211724
CWFPQ1
COASTAL WATERS FORECAST FOR EASTERN MICRONESIA
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TIYAN GU
300 AM CHST FRI JAN 22 2010
ISLANDS/ATOLLS AND COASTAL WATERS OUT TO 40 NAUTICAL MILES
PMZ173-220500-
POHNPEI-
300 AM CHST FRI JAN 22 2010
HIGH SURF WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTH AND EAST SHORES
TODAY
NORTHEAST WIND 10 TO 20 KT BECOMING EAST BY AFTERNOON.
COMBINED SEAS 12 TO 13 FT. MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A SLIGHT CHANCE OF
THUNDERSTORMS. ISOLATED SHOWERS BECOMING SCATTERED BY NOON.
TONIGHT AND SATURDAY
SOUTHEAST WIND 10 TO 20 KT. COMBINED SEAS 11
TO 13 FT. MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED
THUNDERSTORMS.
SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY
SOUTHEAST WIND 10 TO 15 KT. COMBINED
SEAS 9 TO 11 FT. MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH ISOLATED SHOWERS AND A SLIGHT
CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS.
MONDAY AND TUESDAY
EAST WIND 10 TO 15 KT. COMBINED SEAS 7 TO 9
FT. MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH ISOLATED SHOWERS.
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National Weather Service
Generated 2240 UTC, Thursday, Jan 21, 2010