Lexington, Massachusetts, USA
Falling Slowly
Issued by the National Weather Service
Areas Affected: Kosrae; Pohnpei
Urgency: Expected
Severity: Minor
Certainty: Likely
Alert Sent: Friday 3:00pm ChST
Alert Effective: Friday 3:00pm ChST
Alert Expires: Saturday 5:00am ChST (expect updated alert by this time)
Event Onset: Friday 3:00pm ChST
Event Ends: Wednesday 3:00am ChST
Issued by: NWS Tiyan GU
...HIGH SURF ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM CHST WEDNESDAY... * WHAT...Large breaking waves of 9 to 11 feet. * WHERE...North facing reefs of Pohnpei and Kosrae. * WHEN...Until 3 AM ChST Wednesday. * IMPACTS...Dangerous swimming and surfing conditions and localized beach erosion. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS...A northeasterly swell with a wave period of 13 to 14 seconds has arrived, emanating from a Kona Low well northeast of the region. This swell has a longer than average fetch length and will persist for several days. For ow,, the advisory is en effect through Tuesday, March 17th. However, this will likely need to be extended further by early next week.
Inexperienced swimmers should remain out of the water due to dangerous surf conditions.
ID: urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.aedad9894c47a0f09941c62c0fb8c7a935166957.001.1 Codes: FMZ001, FMZ013 Link: https://api.weather.gov/alerts/urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.aedad9894c47a0f09941c62c0fb8c7a935166957.001.1
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