TROPICAL CYCLONE WATCH ADVICE NUMBER ONE | ALL TROPICAL CYCLONE WARNINGS HAS BEEN DOWN GRADED TO TROPICAL CYCLONE WATCH ADVICE ONLY.

ALL TROPICAL CYCLONE WARNINGS HAS BEEN DOWN GRADED TO TROPICAL CYCLONE WATCH ADVICE ONLY.

TROPICAL CYCLONE WATCH ADVICE NUMBER ONE ISSUED BY THE SOLOMON ISLANDS METEOROLOGICAL SERVICE AT 7:30 PM THIS EVENING ON THE 02^nd JULY 2015.

A TROPICAL CYCLONE WATCH ADVICE IS CURRENT FOR ALL SOLOMON ISLANDS PROVINCES.

AT 5:00 PM THIS AFTERNOON, EX-TROPICAL CYCLONE RAQUEL (CATEGORY 1) WITH A CENTRAL PRESSURE OF 1000 HECTOPASCALS WAS LOCATED NEAR 6.4 DEGREES LATITUDE SOUTH AND 160.0 DEGREES LONGITUDE EAST. THIS IS APPROXIMATELY 52 NAUTICAL MILES SOUTH OF ONTONG JAVA ATOLLS AND 105 NAUTICAL MILES NOTHEAST OF ISABEL ISLAND. THE EX-TROPICAL CYCLONE IS MOVING EAST-NORTHEAST AT 04 KNOTS.

EXPECT MEAN MAXIMUM WINDS TO 35 KNOTS WITH MAXIMUM GUSTS TO 50 KNOTS NEAR THE CENTRE.

GALE FORCE WINDS OF 34 TO 47KNOTS SHOULD CONTINUE ABOUT THE MALAITA, ISABEL, WESTERN, CENTRAL AND GUADALCANAL PROVINCES TODAY AND POSSIBLY PERSIST INTO FRIDAY.

HEAVY RAIN, WHICH COULD LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING AND/OR LANDSLIDES, SHOULD CONTINUE TO OCCUR OVER THESE PROVINCES TODAY AND POSSIBLY PERSIST OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS.

SEAS WILL BE VERY ROUGH WITH MODERATE TO HEAVY SWELLS WITH POTENTIAL FOR COASTAL FLOODING.

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

PLEASE LISTEN TO ALL RADIO OUTLETS FOR FURTHER ADVICES.

THE NEXT ADVICE WILL BE ISSUED AT 01:30 AM TONIGHT.

DATE: 02^ND JULY 2015.

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