TROPICAL DISTURBANCE WATCH ADVICE NUMBER THIRTEEN ISSUED BY THE SOLOMON ISLANDS METEOROLOGICAL SERVICE AT 7:00PM THIS EVENING ON SUNDAY 05TH JULY 2015.

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

AT 5:00 PM THIS EVENING, TROPICAL DEPRESSION (EX–TROPICAL CYCLONE RAQUEL) WITH A CENTRAL PRESSURE OF 997 HECTOPASCALS WAS LOCATED NEAR 11.2 DEGREES LATITUDE SOUTH AND 156.8 DEGREES LONGITUDE EAST. THIS IS APPROXIMATELY 151 NAUTICAL MILES SOUTHWEST OF TETEPARE ISLAND, WESTERN PROVINCE AND 174 NAUTICAL MILES WEST OF BELLONA ISLAND, RENNELL & BELLONA PROVINCE. THE SYSTEM IS MOVING SOUTH-SOUTHWEST AT 11KNOTS.

MEAN MAXIMUM WINDS TO 30 KNOTS WITH MAXIMUM GUSTS TO 45 KNOTS.

THE SYSTEM IS INTENSIFYING AND COULD REFORM INTO A TROPICAL CYLONE SOUTHWEST OF SOLOMON ISLANDS TONGHT WITH WINDS POSSIBLY INCREASING TO 35 KNOTS AND GUSTS TO 50 KNOTS NEAR THE CENTRE IN THE NEXT 12 HOURS.

GALES (34 TO 47KNOTS) ARE NOW ONLY EXPECTED TO AFFECT THE OFFSHORE WATERS TO THE SOUTHWEST OF SOLOMON ISLANDS.

HEAVY RAIN, WHICH MAY LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING AND/OR LANDSLIDES, COULD OCCUR OVER THE WESTERN, CHOISEUL, ISABEL, CENTRAL, GUADALCANAL, MALAITA, RENNEL/BELLONA AND MAKIRA PROVINCES.

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 TONIGHT.

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