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TROPICAL DISTURBANCE WATCH ADVICE NUMBER THREE | TROPICAL DISTURBANCE WATCH ADVICE NUMBER THREE ISSUED BY THE SOLOMON ISLANDS METEOROLOGICAL SERVICE AT 7:00 AM THIS MORNING ON THE 03RD JULY 2015.

Friday, 03 July 2015 07:54

TROPICAL DISTURBANCE WATCH ADVICE NUMBER THREE ISSUED BY THE SOLOMON ISLANDS METEOROLOGICAL SERVICE AT 7:00 AM THIS MORNING ON THE 03RD JULY 2015.

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

AT 5:00 AM THIS MORNING, TROPICAL DEPRESSION (EX–TROPICAL CYCLONE RAQUEL) WITH A CENTRAL PRESSURE OF 1000 HECTOPASCALS WAS LOCATED NEAR 6.4 DEGREES LATITUDE SOUTH AND 160.2 DEGREES LONGITUDE EAST. THIS IS APPROXIMATELY 59 NAUTICAL MILES SOUTHEAST OF ONTONG JAVA ATOLLS AND 109 NAUTICAL MILES NOTHEAST OF ISABEL ISLAND. TROPICAL DEPRESSION IS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 04 KNOTS.

EXPECT MEAN MAXIMUM WINDS TO 35 KNOTS TO CONTINUE ABOUT THE MALAITA, ISABEL, WESTERN, CHOISEUL, CENTRAL AND GUADALCANAL PROVINCES. EXPECT WINDS OF 20 TO 25 KNOTS OVER THE REMAINING PROVINCES.

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

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

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

PLEASE LISTEN TO ALL RADIO OUTLETS FOR FURTHER ADVICES.

THE NEXT ADVICE WILL BE ISSUED AT 01:30 PM THIS AFTERNOON.

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