Lexington, Massachusetts, USA
Issued by the National Weather Service - Tiyan, GU
Areas Affected: Guam; Rota; Tinian; Saipan
Urgency: Expected
Severity: Minor
Certainty: Likely
Alert Sent: Monday 3:39pm ChST
Alert Effective: Monday 3:39pm ChST
Alert Expires: Tuesday 8:00am ChST (expect updated alert by this time)
Event Onset: Monday 3:39pm ChST
Event Ends: Thursday 6:00am ChST
Issued by: NWS Tiyan GU
...HIGH SURF ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CHST THURSDAY... ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT... * WHAT...Large breaking waves of 6 to 8 feet, increasing to 7 to 10 feet Tuesday. Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...North and west facing reefs of the Marianas. * WHEN...Until 6 AM ChST Thursday. * IMPACTS...Dangerous swimming and surfing conditions and localized beach erosion. Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS...Surf along north and west facing reefs decreases below hazardous levels tonight, but another pulse of north to northwest swell arrives early Tuesday morning, allowing surf to increase back up to hazardous levels of 9 feet. Surf along west facing reefs may decrease below hazardous levels Tuesday night or Wednesday, but hazardous surf along north facing reefs is expected to continue through late Wednesday night.
Rip currents will be life threatening. Inexperienced swimmers should remain out of the water due to dangerous surf conditions. Rip currents will be life threatening. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help.
ID: urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.5146a7c046ccc23c8173ded5551b61bd1cc67eb7.001.1 Codes: GUZ001, MPZ001, MPZ002, MPZ003 Link: https://api.weather.gov/alerts/urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.5146a7c046ccc23c8173ded5551b61bd1cc67eb7.001.1