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TROPICAL DISTURBANCE WATCH ADVICE NUMBER FOUR

TROPICAL DISTURBANCE WATCH ADVICE NUMBER FOUR ISSUED BY THE SOLOMON ISLANDS METEOROLOGICAL SERVICE AT 1:30AM EARLY THIS MORNING, 30TH JUNE 2015.

A TROPICAL DISTURBANCE WATCH ADVICE IS CURRENT FOR ALL PROVINCES.  

AT 10:00 PM TONIGHT, A TROPICAL DEPRESSION WITH A CENTRAL PRESSURE OF 1004 HECTOPASCALS WAS LOCATED NEAR 4.1 DEGREES LATITUDE SOUTH AND 161.4 DEGREES LONGITUDE EAST AND THIS IS APPROXIMATELY 256 NAUTICAL MILES NORTH-NORTHEAST OF MALAITA ISLAND.

THE SYSTEM IS MOVING WEST AT 05 KNOTS AND INTENSIFYING.

EXPECT MEAN MAXIMUM WINDS TO 25 KNOTS WITH MAXIMUM GUSTS TO 45 KNOTS, POSSIBLY INCREASING TO 35 KNOTS WITH GUSTS TO 50 KNOTS BY LATE TUESDAY OR WEDNESDAY.

GALES  WINDS OF 34 TO 47 KNOTS COULD DEVELOP ABOUT THE MALAITA, ISABEL, WESTERN, CENTRAL AND GUADALCANAL PROVINCES ON WEDNESDAY, DEPENDING ON THE MOVEMENT AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE SYSTEM. HEAVY RAIN, WHICH COULD LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING OR LANDSLIDES, MAY OCCUR OVER THESE PROVINCES OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS.

SEAS WILL BE MODERATE TO ROUGH WITH MODERATE SWELLS AND COASTAL FLOODING WITH HEAVY RAIN AT TIMES AND SQUALLY THUNDERSTORMS.

PEOPLE SHOULD TAKE PRECAUTIONARY MEASURES AS BAD WEATHER ASSOCIATED WITH THE TROPICAL DEPRESSION POSES THREATS TO LIVES AND PROPERTIES.

PLEASE LISTEN TO ALL RADIO OUTLETS FOR FURTHER ADVICES.

THE NEXT ADVICE WILL BE ISSUED AT 7:30AM THIS MORNING.

DATE: 30TH JUNE 2015. 

 

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