ah, lovely prince and me. suitably bad enough to distract me from the howling winds, and boring enough to put me to sleep for a few hours.

wind still here. maybe 40-50 mph. some rain. still effing scary out.

TYPHOON CHABA LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TIYAN GU
5 AM GUAM LST MON AUG 23 2004

...TYPHOON CHABA MOVING AWAY FROM THE MARIANAS...

...AREAS AFFECTED...
THIS STATEMENT RECOMMENDS ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN BY RESIDENTS OF THE
MARIANA ISLANDS.

...WATCHES AND WARNINGS...
A TYPHOON WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR GUAM...ROTA...TINIAN...
SAIPAN AND AGRIHAN.

...STORM INFORMATION...
AT 5 AM GUAM LST..19Z..THE CENTER OF TYPHOON CHABA WAS LOCATED BY
RADAR NEAR LATITUDE 15.1 DEGREES NORTH AND LONGITUDE 144.5 DEGREES
EAST. THIS IS ABOUT 115 MILES NORTH OF GUAM
85 MILES NORTHWEST OF ROTA
75 MILES WEST OF TINIAN
80 MILES WEST OF SAIPAN
200 MILES SOUTH-SOUTHWEST OF ALAMAGAN
225 MILES SOUTH-SOUTHWEST OF PAGAN
270 MILES SOUTH-SOUTHWEST OF AGRIHAN.

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE 145 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 175 MPH. TYPHOON
CHABA IS MOVING WEST-NORTHWEST AT 16 MPH.

...GUAM...
GUAM IS IN CONDITION OF READINESS 1. STAY IN SAFE SHELTER UNTIL THE
DANGEROUS CONDITIONS SUBSIDE.

...WIND INFORMATION...
DAMAGING SOUTHWEST WINDS AT 50 TO 60 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 70 MPH WILL
SUBSIDE TO 30 TO 45 MPH DURING THE MORNING. PEAK WIND AT THE GUAM
INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT AT 4 AM WAS 66 MPH.

...STORM SURGE AND SURF INFORMATION AND COASTAL INUNDATION...
HAZARDOUS SURF 17 TO 19 FEET IS EXPECTED. SEVERE RIP CURRENTS WILL
OCCUR INSIDE THE REEFS. INUNDATION OF 2 TO 4 FEET IS EXPECTED ON
SOUTHERN COASTAL AREAS TODAY.

...OTHER STORM EFFECTS...
AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN ARE LIKELY TODAY...WITH LOCAL
FLOODING POSSIBLE.

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TIYAN GU
5 AM LST MON AUG 23 2004

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR GUAM...ROTA...TINIAN AND SAIPAN IS
CANCELLED AS OF 5 AM...

...A FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR GUAM...ROTA...TINIAN AND
SAIPAN UNTIL 4 PM TODAY.

AT 5 AM...THE GUAM DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR INDICATES WIDESPREAD
LIGHT RAIN ACROSS THE MARIANA ISLANDS WITH ONE-HOUR RAINFALL RATES
MOSTLY LESS THAN 0.20 INCHES PER HOUR.

RAIN BANDS TO THE EAST MAY PASS THROUGH THE ISLANDS TODAY...CAUSING
MORE EPISODES OF FLOODING. IN THIS EVENT...ANOTHER FLOOD WARNING MAY
BE NEEDED.

HERE ARE PRELIMINARY STORM TOTALS SINCE MIDNIGHT SUNDAY...

GUAM INTL AIRPORT/TIYAN......... 8.70 INCHES
APRA HARBOR (AUTOMATED GAUGE)... 5.47 INCHES
INARAJAN (AUTOMATED GAUGE)...... 7.53 INCHES
MANGILAO (AUTOMATED GAUGE)...... 5.05 INCHES
MALESSO (AUTOMATED GAUGE)........5.45 INCHES

ROTA INTL AIRPORT/SINAPALU...... 12.00 INCHES
SAIPAN INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT.... 8.47 INCHES

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