TROPICAL DISTURBANCE WATCH ADVICE NUMBER FIVE ISSUED BY THE SOLOMON ISLANDS METEOROLOGICAL SERVICE AT 7:30 PM THIS EVENING ON THE 03RD JULY 2015.

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

AT 5:00 PM THIS AFTERNOON, TROPICAL DEPRESSION (EX–TROPICAL CYCLONE RAQUEL) WITH A CENTRAL PRESSURE OF 999 HECTOPASCALS WAS LOCATED NEAR 7.3 DEGREES LATITUDE SOUTH AND 160.4 DEGREES LONGITUDE EAST. THIS IS APPROXIMATELY 27 NAUTICAL MILES NORTH-NORTHEAST OF PORO IN ISABEL AND 23 NAUTICAL MILES NORTHWEST OF RAMOS ISLAND. TROPICAL DEPRESSION IS MOVING SOUTH-SOUTHWEST AT 04 KNOTS.

THE SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO INTENSIFY WITH WINDS POSSIBILY INCREASING TO 35 KNOTS WITH GUSTS TO 50 KNOTS IN THE NEXT 24 HOURS.

GALES COULD DEVELOP ABOUT THE MALAITA AND ISABEL PROVINCES TONIGHT OR EARLY SATURDAY, BEFORE POSSIBILY EXTENDING TO THE WESTERN, CHOISEUL, CENTRAL, GUADALCANAL AND MAKIRA PROVINCES DURING SATURDAY.

HEAVY RAIN, WHICH COULD LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING AND/OR LANDSLIDES, COULD OCCUR OVER MOST PROVINCES TODAY AND OVER THE WEEKEND.

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 1:30 AM EARLY TOMORROW MORNING.

DATE: 03RD JULY 2015.

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