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WHPQ40 PGUM 100406
CFWPQ 

COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TIYAN GU
300 PM CHST FRI FEB 10 2012

.OVERVIEW...LARGE EAST SWELL CONTINUES TO AFFECT MUCH OF MICRONESIA. 
THIS WILL PRODUCE HAZARDOUS SURF ALONG EAST FACING SHORES OF KOSRAE 
INTO NEXT WEEK. DANGEROUS SURF WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT ALONG EAST 
FACING REEFS OF MAJURO BEFORE FALLING SLIGHTLY OVER THE WEEKEND. AT 
CHUUK AND POHNPEI...EAST SWELL HAS SUBSIDED AND SURF IS NO LONGER 
EXPECTED TO BE HAZARDOUS.

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PMZ172-173-101700-
CHUUK-POHNPEI-
300 PM CHST FRI FEB 10 2012

...THE HIGH SURF ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT...

SURF HAS FALLEN BELOW HAZARDOUS LEVELS TO 8 TO 10 FEET ALONG EAST 
FACING REEFS...AND SHOULD REMAIN AT THESE HEIGHTS THROUGH THIS 
COMING WEEKEND. AS A RESULT...THE HIGH SURF ADVISORY HAS BEEN 
CANCELLED. 

CAUTION IS STILL NEEDED NEAR EXPOSED REEFS AND BEACHES...ESPECIALLY 
ALONG EAST FACING SHORES...WHERE STRONG RIP CURRENTS ARE STILL 
POSSIBLE.

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PMZ174-101700-
KOSRAE-
300 PM CHST FRI FEB 10 2012

...A HIGH SURF ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EAST FACING REEFS...

HAZARDOUS SURF OF 8 TO 10 FEET WILL CONTINUE ALONG EAST FACING 
SHORES THROUGH THE WEEKEND...AND REMAIN HAZARDOUS INTO NEXT 
WEEK.

AVOID VENTURING NEAR EXPOSED REEFS AND BEACHES...ESPECIALLY ALONG 
EAST FACING SHORES...AS RIP CURRENTS WILL BE LIFE THREATENING.

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PMZ181-101700-
MAJURO-
300 PM CHST FRI FEB 10 2012

...A HIGH SURF WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EAST FACING REEFS...

DANGEROUS SURF OF 13 TO 15 FEET WILL CONTINUE ON EAST FACING REEFS 
OF MAJURO TONIGHT. SURF WILL FALL TO HAZARDOUS AT 12 TO 14 FEET BY 
SATURDAY MORNING...AND TO 11 TO 13 FEET ON SUNDAY. SURF IS EXPECTED 
TO REMAIN HAZARDOUS WELL INTO NEXT WEEK.

COASTAL INUNDATION OF 2 TO 3 FEET IS EXPECTED AT HIGH TIDE THROUGH 
SATURDAY MORNING. A HIGH TIDE OF 5.3 FEET WILL OCCUR AT 550 PM 
THIS EVENING MAJURO TIME...FOLLOWED BY THE NEXT HIGH TIDE OF 4.7 
FEET AT 613 AM SATURDAY MORNING. 

STAY CLEAR OF LIFE-THREATENING SURF ALONG EAST FACING REEFS. DO NOT 
GO OUT TO SEE THE SURF!

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