000 AXGM70 PGUM 100442 DGTGUM GUZ001>004-PMZ161-171>174-181-240600- GUAM-ROTA-TINIAN-SAIPAN-KOROR PALAU-YAP-CHUUK-POHNPEI-KOSRAE-MAJURO- DROUGHT INFORMATION STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TIYAN GU 245 PM CHST THU JUN 10 2010 ...DROUGHT CONDITIONS LINGER FOR THE NORTHERN MARSHALL ISLANDS AND THE MARIANA ISLANDS BUT RAINS RETURNED TO MAJURO AND YAP THIS WEEK... .SYNOPSIS... UPPER LEVEL WIND PATTERNS THAT ARE FAVORABLE FOR PRODUCING RAINFALL ACROSS THE WESTERN PACIFIC AND MICRONESIA ARE SLOWLY DEVELOPING. DESPITE THIS...CAUTION IN THE USE OF WATER RESOURCES IS STILL RECOMMENDED...ESPECIALLY FOR ISLANDS NORTH OF 8 DEGREES NORTH LATITUDE. THIS INCLUDES THE MARIANA ISLANDS...THE NORTHERN ISLANDS OF YAP STATE...AND THE NORTHERN MARSHALL ISLANDS. COMPUTER MODELS INDICATE VARIABILITY IN RAINFALL AMOUNTS EVEN FOR THE AREA BETWEEN THE EQUATOR AND 8 DEGREES NORTH DURING THE NEXT 5 TO 10 DAYS. ALSO...THE SUN IS NEARLY OVERHEAD AT THIS TIME OF YEAR AND WITH LESS THAN NORMAL CLOUD COVER...THIS WILL WORSEN ISLAND HEAT AND DRYNESS. THE EL NINO EVENT HAS WEAKENED ACROSS THE EQUATORIAL PACIFIC OCEAN AND THE PATTERN HAS TRANSITIONED INTO ENSO-NEUTRAL CONDITIONS. DESPITE THIS EQUATORIAL OCEANIC COOLING...ATMOSPHERIC DRYNESS IS STILL EXPECTED TO LINGER ACROSS NORTHERN ISLANDS OF MICRONESIA DURING THE NEXT FEW WEEKS. THIS EL NINO-RELATED DROUGHT HAS BEEN MOST SEVERE FOR ISLANDS FARTHEST NORTH FROM THE EQUATOR...ESPECIALLY THE NORTHERN MARSHALL ISLANDS AND THE MARIANA ISLANDS. ALSO...VERY DRY CONDITIONS IN FEBRUARY AND EARLY MARCH DAMAGED SOME OF THE SUBSISTENCE FOOD CROPS ON MANY OF THE SOUTHERN MICRONESIAN ISLANDS. SUMMARY OF IMPACTS... GUAM AND CNMI... DROUGHT CONDITIONS LINGER ACROSS THE MARIANA ISLANDS AND COULD EXTEND INTO LATE JUNE OR EARLY JULY. JUNE COULD END UP WITH TOTAL RAINFALL LESS THAN 3 INCHES FOR GUAM AND SAIPAN. THE CNMI...AND ESPECIALLY SAIPAN...SHOULD CONTINUE TO IMPLEMENT WATER CONSERVATION MEASURES. FIRE DANGER WILL INCREASE AND REDUCED FRESH WATER SUPPLIES COULD MAKE FIRE FIGHTING DIFFICULT. GRASS FIRE DANGER ON GUAM AND ON ISLANDS OF THE CNMI WILL BE SEVERE DURING THE NEXT 2 TO 3 WEEKS. GUSTY WINDS AT TIMES DURING AFTERNOON HOURS COULD REQUIRE ISSUANCE OF RED FLAG WARNINGS FOR GUAM...WHICH INDICATE AN EXTREME POTENTIAL FOR FIRES TO SPREAD RAPIDLY. THE KEETCH-BYRAM DROUGHT INDEX (KDBI) FOR GUAM IS 774...THE THIRD HIGHEST VALUE SINCE 1980. SOME WATER WELLS ON GUAM AND OTHER ISLANDS HAVE STARTED TO BECOME DRY...ESPECIALLY AT LOW TIDE...BECAUSE THE WATER TABLE HAS RECEDED. REDUCED FLOW OF THE UGUM RIVER IN SOUTHERN GUAM AND REDUCED WATER LEVELS AT FENA RESERVOIR COULD AFFECT WATER RESOURCES FOR SOUTHERN GUAM VILLAGES. THE FLOW OF THE UGUM RIVER HAS FALLEN TO THE THRESHOLD WHERE GUAM WATERWORKS MIGHT HAVE TO DRASTICALLY REDUCE WATER PRODUCTION. REDUCED PRODUCTION AT THE UGAM TREATMENT PLANT IS CAUSING PERIODS OF LOW WATER PRESSURE IN SOUTHERN VILLAGES. ATTEMPTS TO PUMP WATER TO SOUTHERN GUAM VILLAGES FROM THE NORTHERN AQUIFER HAS CAUSED EPISODES OF LOW WATER PRESSURE IN SOME CENTRAL ISLAND VILLAGES AS WELL. AGRICULTURE HAS BEEN WITHERING IN SEVERAL PARTS OF SAIPAN DUE TO LACK OF RAIN WHERE IRRIGATION IS NOT POSSIBLE. SOME LIVESTOCK ON TINIAN COULD DIE BECAUSE OF REDUCED WATER AVAILABILITY AND REDUCED FOOD RESOURCES. RAINFALL HAS BEEN REDUCED ON ROTA AND THE RISK OF FIRE DANGER HAS INCREASED. THE REPUBLIC OF PALAU... ADEQUATE SHOWERS HAVE BEEN OCCURRING ACROSS PALAU...AND NEAR-NORMAL RAINFALL SHOULD CONTINUE. EMERGENCY MANAGERS IN PALAU PREVIOUSLY ADVISED CAUTION...BUT ALL LOCATIONS SEEM TO HAVE ADEQUATE WATER SUPPLIES FOR NOW. FEDERATED STATES OF MICRONESIA... YAP STATE... DRY WEATHER HAS RE-DEVELOPED ACROSS NORTHERN ISLANDS OF YAP STATE. ONLY ISOLATED SHOWERS ARE EXPECTED FOR ISLANDS NORTH OF 8 DEGREES NORTH LATITUDE DURING THE NEXT WEEK. CONSERVATION OF FRESH WATER IS ADVISED FOR THE NEXT 1 TO 2 WEEKS. SOUTHERN ISLANDS OF YAP STATE WILL LIKELY RECEIVE ADEQUATE SHOWERS. EARLIER REPORTS FROM THE LOW ISLANDS OF YAP STATE INDICATE THAT FOOD CROPS SUFFERED FROM LACK OF RAIN IN FEBRUARY AND MARCH. DAMAGE TO CROPS MAY NOT BE REVERSIBLE AND FOOD ASSISTANCE MAY BE NECESSARY. IN THE LONGER TERM FOR YAP STATE...A MORE NORMAL PATTERN OF RAINFALL IS EXPECTED. CHUUK STATE... RAINFALL HAS BEEN ADEQUATE FOR CHUUK STATE DURING THE LAST FEW WEEKS...AND COMPUTER MODELS INDICATE THAT NEAR-SEASONAL RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE FOR THE AREA. FOOD CROPS ON THE LOW CHUUK STATE ISLANDS LIKELY SUFFERED FROM LACK OF RAIN DURING FEBRUARY AND EARLY MARCH. DAMAGE TO FOOD CROPS MAY NOT BE REVERSIBLE AND FOOD ASSISTANCE MAY BE NECESSARY. POHNPEI STATE... ADEQUATE RAINFALL HAS OCCURRED FOR MOST OF POHNPEI STATE. COMPUTER MODELS INDICATE THAT THIS NEAR-SEASONAL RAINFALL PRODUCING PATTERN WILL LIKELY CONTINUE. POHNPEI STATE PUBLIC HEALTH OFFICIALS MAY STILL REQUIRE THAT RIVER WATER AND EVEN CATCHMENT WATER BE BOILED. RIVER FLOW SHOULD BE ADEQUATE AND FRESH WATER AQUIFERS ON LOW ISLANDS SHOULD HAVE RECOVERED. CORAL BLEACHING WAS BEGINNING TO SPREAD NORTH OF THE EQUATOR...AND KAPINGAMARANGI HAS BEEN IN A CORAL BLEACHING WARNING AREA AND NUKUORO REMAINS IN A CORAL BLEACHING WATCH AREA. THE POHNPEI DISASTER COORDINATION OFFICE INDICATED THAT THE DROUGHT DAMAGED SUBSISTENCE FOOD CROPS SUCH AS TARO...BREADFRUIT AND BANANA...TAPIOCA AND COCONUT ON POHNPEI ISLAND AND ON SOME OUTER ISLANDS. CROP CULTIVATION SHOULD NO LONGER NEED TO MOVE TO HIGHER ELEVATIONS ON POHNPEI. DAMAGE TO CROPS COULD BE IRREVERSIBLE AND FOOD ASSISTANCE MIGHT BE STILL NECESSARY. KOSRAE STATE... RAINFALL HAS BEEN ADEQUATE FOR KOSRAE STATE RECENTLY AND COMPUTER MODELS INDICATE NEAR-SEASONAL RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE. THE EARLIER LACK OF RAINFALL MAY HAVE DAMAGED SOME FOOD CROPS...BUT WATER RESOURCES SHOULD NOW BE ADEQUATE FOR KOSRAE. RIVER AND STREAM FLOW SHOULD BE NEAR NORMAL. THE REPUBLIC OF THE MARSHALL ISLANDS... MAJURO OFFICIALS REPORT THAT THE AQUIFERS OF SEVERAL NORTHEASTERN ISLANDS HAVE BECOME SALTY...AND MAY CAUSE HEALTH PROBLEMS. PEOPLE HAVE HAD TO MOVE TO ISLANDS WITH BETTER WATER RESOURCES BECAUSE OF THE DROUGHT. THIS WAS THE CASE ON MALOELAP. ON TUESDAY...MAJURO RECEIVED OVER 4 INCHES OF RAIN. SOME ISOLATED SHOWERS ARE EXPECTED FOR THE NEXT DAY OR TWO...BUT COMPUTER MODELS INDICATE VERY LIGHT AND SPOTTY RAINFALL FOR THE NORTHERN MARSHALL ISLANDS IN THE COMING WEEKS. DROUGHT CONDITIONS WILL PERSIST FROM ABOUT MALOELAP NORTHWARD AND WATER CONSERVATION IS ESSENTIAL FOR NORTHERN AND NORTHEASTERN ISLANDS. FRESH WATER AQUIFERS ON MANY NORTHERN ATOLLS WILL BECOME THIN AND LIKELY PRODUCE WATER TOO SALTY TO DRINK. RELIEF WILL BE NEEDED AT SOME LOCATIONS. THE NORTHERN AND NORTHEASTERN ISLANDS SHOULD USE FRESH WATER ONLY FOR DRINKING AND COOKING. SOME TRANSPORT OF FRESH WATER WILL LIKELY BE NECESSARY. SHOWERS WILL PRODUCE WELCOME RAINFALL AT TIMES FOR SOUTHERN MARSHALL ISLANDS. THE RUNWAY RESERVOIR AT MAJURO WAS NEAR 18 MILLION GALLONS OF WATER...BUT THERE IS STILL A NEED FOR WATER CONSERVATION. FRESH WATER AQUIFERS OF THE SOUTHERN ATOLLS SHOULD NOW GRADUALLY RECOVER. FOOD CROPS ON SOME OF THE MARSHALL ISLANDS MAY HAVE SUFFERED FROM LACK OF RAIN. DAMAGE TO CROPS MIGHT BE IRREVERSIBLE AND FOOD ASSISTANCE AS WELL AS WATER ASSISTANCE MIGHT BE NECESSARY. CLIMATE SUMMARY... THE DRY PHASE OF EL NINO...WHICH NORMALLY BEGINS IN OCTOBER OR NOVEMBER...DID NOT START UNTIL DECEMBER OR JANUARY AT MOST LOCATIONS. THIS DELAYED THE DROUGHT ONSET...AND INTRODUCED THE POSSIBILITY OF A DELAYED END TO THE DROUGHT. AREAS NORTH OF 8 TO 10 DEGREES NORTH LATITUDE CONTINUE IN DROUGHT...BUT FOR AREAS SOUTH OF 8 DEGREES NORTH THE RAINS HAVE RETURNED AS THEY NORMALLY DO AND THE DROUGHT DURATION WAS RELATIVELY SHORT. THE NORTHERN MARSHALL ISLANDS AND THE MARIANA ISLANDS WILL BE VERY DRY FOR A FEW MORE WEEKS...BUT RAINFALL FREQUENCY...DURATION AND AMOUNT SHOULD GRADUALLY INCREASE. THE FOLLOWING TABLE SHOWS FEBRUARY...MARCH...APRIL...MAY AND SOME OF JUNE RAINFALL AMOUNTS FOR VARIOUS LOCATIONS IN MICRONESIA. FEB MAR APR MAY JUNE(1-9) JUNE TOTAL NORMAL GUAM 1.06 4.40 2.16 0.74 0.17 5.78 SAIPAN INTL AP 0.89 2.41 2.35 0.73 0.15 3.38 KOROR 3.61 3.44 6.62 9.68 3.00 17.54 YAP 2.12 4.32 7.11 2.96 1.36 13.46 ULITHI 1.66 5.71 2.89 2.16 10.79 WOLEAI 1.04 3.82 9.26 6.96 13.11 WENO CHUUK 2.46 7.35 12.46 9.08 2.85 12.82 LUKUNOR 0.29 13.90 20.04 10.94 12.24 POLOWAT 1.19 7.01 8.24 6.32 10.82 ONOUN 1.50 7.86 5.24 3.37 ~10.00 FANANU 1.58 6.65 10.45 3.73 ~9.00 POHNPEI 1.83 23.94 22.76 13.72 3.31 17.06 PINGELAP 1.70 17.89 9.66 6.16 13.41 NUKUORO 0.18 15.19 17.38 16.11 12.50 KAPINGAMARANGI 3.28 20.93 17.99 12.17 7.25 KOSRAE 2.24 17.76 23.85 11.92 14.71 KOSRAE NAUTILUS 1.95 20.48 26.35 11.30 ~14.71 MAJURO 3.74 9.73 9.41 2.26 4.68 11.09 KWAJALEIN 1.20 3.86 1.72 2.88 2.14 8.86 JALUIT 2.36 13.03 6.93 7.88 12.42 MILI 2.20 8.79 7.59 2.27 10.64 AILINGLAPLAP 0.69 3.82 2.21 1.95 11.03 WOTJE 1.39 0.77 0.12 1.29 4.86 PRECIPITATION/TEMPERATURE OUTLOOK... WEATHER ACROSS YAP...FAIS AND ULITHI HAS BECOME WETTER THIS WEEK. THE MARIANA ISLANDS AND THE NORTHERN MARSHALL ISLANDS ARE STILL IN DROUGHT CONDITIONS. DROUGHT CONDITIONS APPEAR TO BE OVER FOR MOST SOUTHERN AREAS...SUCH AS SOUTHERN MARSHALL ISLANDS...MOST OF THE FEDERATED STATES OF MICRONESIA AND THE REPUBLIC OF PALAU. REMEMBER THAT FOR THE NORTHERN ISLANDS THE SUN IS STILL NEARLY OVERHEAD. TRADE WINDS WILL HELP TO MODERATE THE HEAT BUT BRIGHT SUNSHINE AND GUSTY WINDS WILL CAUSE DRY CONDITIONS FOR BOTH SOIL AND FOLIAGE. INCREASED CLOUDINESS WILL REDUCE TEMPERATURES AT THE MORE SOUTHERN ISLANDS. WESTWARD MOVING UPPER LEVEL CYCLONES NORTH OF MICRONESIA AROUND 20N ARE BEGINNING TO PRODUCE MORE NORMAL RAINFALL PATTERNS...ESPECIALLY IN EASTERN MICRONESIA. THIS PATTERN IS SLOWLY SPREADING WESTWARD. HYDROLOGIC SUMMARY AND OUTLOOK... GUAM AND CNMI... MAY RAINFALL WAS FAR BELOW NORMAL...15% FOR GUAM AND 25% FOR SAIPAN. JUNE COULD ALSO BE DRY WITH LESS THAN 3 INCHES OF RAIN FOR TINIAN...SAIPAN...GUAM AND ROTA...BUT NOT LIKELY AS DRY AS IN MAY. MORE NORMAL RAINFALL SHOULD RETURN BY LATE JUNE FOR GUAM AND ROTA...AND BY MID JULY FOR SAIPAN AND TINIAN. COMPUTER MODELS INDICATE THAT THE AREA WILL RECEIVE AROUND A HALF INCH OF RAINFALL OVER THE NEXT 5 DAYS...AND AROUND 1 INCH TOTAL OVER THE NEXT 10 DAYS. THE REPUBLIC OF PALAU... MAY RAINFALL WAS 86% OF NORMAL AND ADEQUATE. DROUGHT CONDITIONS ARE NO LONGER AFFECTING THE REPUBLIC OF PALAU. COMPUTER MODELS INDICATE 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAINFALL FOR THE PALAU AREA DURING THE NEXT 5 DAYS AND 3 TO 4 INCHES TOTAL DURING THE NEXT 10 DAYS. THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF A TROPICAL CYCLONE PASSING NORTH OF PALAU DURING JUNE. FEDERATED STATES OF MICRONESIA... DROUGHT CONDITIONS ARE NOT EXPECTED FOR ANY ISLANDS OF THE FEDERATED STATES OF MICRONESIA. YAP STATE... WHILE MAY WAS VERY DRY FOR PARTS OF YAP STATE...ONLY 36% OF NORMAL ON YAP...JUNE WEATHER HAS BECOME WETTER ACROSS THE ISLANDS OF YAP STATE. COMPUTER MODELS INDICATE 1 TO 1.5 INCHES RAINFALL OVER THE NEXT 5 DAYS...AND AROUND 2.5 TO 3 INCHES TOTAL OVER THE NEXT 10 DAYS. CHUUK STATE... WENO CHUUK HAD 80% OF NORMAL RAINFALL IN MAY. THE TRADE-WIND TROUGH HAS EXPANDED NORTHWARD AND ISOLATED TO SCATTERED SHOWERS ARE EXPECTED FOR MOST ISLANDS OF CHUUK STATE. COMPUTER MODELS INDICATE 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN OVER THE NEXT 5 DAYS AND 3 TO 5 INCHES OF TOTAL RAIN OVER THE NEXT 10 DAYS FOR MOST OF CHUUK STATE. NAMONUITO ATOLL AND THE HALL ISLANDS WILL BE A LITTLE DRIER THAN MORE SOUTHERN LOCATIONS. POHNPEI STATE... POHNPEI HAD 71% OF ITS NORMAL RAINFALL IN MAY. COMPUTER MODELS INDICATE THAT POHNPEI WILL GET 1 TO 2.5 INCHES OF RAINFALL OVER THE NEXT 5 DAYS AND 3 TO 5 INCHES TOTAL OVER THE NEXT 10 DAYS. KAPINGAMARANGI IS EXPECTED TO GET AROUND 1.5 INCHES OVER THE NEXT 5 DAYS. KOSRAE STATE... THE TRADE-WIND TROUGH IS NEAR ITS NORMAL POSITION FOR KOSRAE TO RECEIVE ADEQUATE RAINFALL. COMPUTER MODELS INDICATE 1.5 TO 2 INCHES OF RAINFALL OVER THE NEXT 5 DAYS AND 3 TO 4 INCHES TOTAL OVER THE NEXT 10 DAYS. THE REPUBLIC OF THE MARSHALL ISLANDS... ONLY SPOTTY SHOWERS HAVE OCCURRED FOR NORTHERN ISLANDS DURING RECENT WEEKS WHILE MORE SUBSTANTIAL RAINS HAVE FALLEN ON MOST SOUTHERN ISLANDS. MAJURO AND THE SOUTHERN ISLANDS... WHILE MAY WAS VERY DRY FOR MAJURO...WITH ONLY 20% OF NORMAL RAINFALL...THE ATOLL RECEIVED OVER 4 INCHES OF RAIN ON JUNE 8TH. COMPUTER MODELS INDICATE THAT MAJURO AND ISLANDS BETWEEN 4 AND 8 DEGREES NORTH WILL RECEIVE SUBSTANTIAL RAINFALL DURING THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS...AND THIS SHOULD HELP REPLENISH THE AIRPORT RESERVOIR ON MAJURO AND INDIVIDUAL RAINFALL CATCHMENTS ON MAJURO AND OTHER ATOLLS. THE MAJURO RUNWAY RESERVOIR IS ESTIMATED TO NOW HAVE AROUND 18 MILLION GALLONS OF FRESH WATER. WATER CONSERVATION IS STILL RECOMMENDED AT MAJURO DUE TO ITS LARGE POPULATION. COMPUTER MODELS INDICATE 2 INCHES OF RAINFALL OVER THE NEXT 5 DAYS AND 4 TO 5 INCHES TOTAL OVER THE NEXT 10 DAYS FOR MAJURO AND THE SOUTHERN ISLANDS. KWAJALEIN AND THE NORTHERN ISLANDS... MAY WAS VERY DRY FOR THE NORTHERN MARSHALL ISLANDS...ONLY 33% OF NORMAL RAINFALL FOR KWAJALEIN/EBEYE AND 23% FOR WOTJE. NORTHERN ATOLLS WILL REMAIN IN DROUGHT CONDITIONS DURING THE NEXT WEEK OR TWO. HOWEVER...ATMOSPHERIC PATTERNS ARE CHANGING AND WILL BECOME MORE FAVORABLE FOR PRODUCING RAIN IN THE NEXT FEW DAYS TO A WEEK. COMPUTER MODELS INDICATE KWAJALEIN COULD RECEIVE 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAINFALL IN THE NEXT 5 DAYS AND 3 TO 5 INCHES TOTAL OVER THE NEXT 10 DAYS. THE COMPUTER MODELS ALSO INDICATE THAT WOTJE...UTIRIK... ENEWETAK AND NEARBY ISLANDS WILL BE DRIER THAN KWAJALEIN...BUT WILL ALSO SEE INCREASED RAINFALL OVER THE NEXT 5 TO 10 DAYS. DRINKING WATER AND HEALTH CONCERNS COULD BECOME CRITICAL ON SOME NORTHERN ISLANDS...ESPECIALLY IF THESE PREDICTED RAINS DO NOT OCCUR. STRICT WATER CONSERVATION MEASURES ARE STILL RECOMMENDED FOR THE NORTHERN ISLANDS. OTHER IMPACTS... THE US CORAL REEF WATCH PROGRAM INDICATES THAT CORAL BLEACHING IS POSSIBLE IN SOUTHERN PARTS OF MICRONESIA...AND MAY AFFECT THE PALAU ISLANDS...AND SOUTHERN CHUUK STATE AND POHNPEI STATE ISLANDS. THE FSM AND PALAU SHOULD MONITOR THE NOAA CORAL REEF WATCH WEBSITE FOR BLEACHING ALERTS AT: HTTP://CORALREEFWATCH.NOAA.GOV/SATELLITE/BAA/INDEX.HTML (SMALL CASE) NEXT ISSUANCE DATE... THE NEXT DROUGHT INFORMATION STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED IN 2 WEEKS...OR ON THURSDAY THE 24TH OF JUNE...OR SOONER IF NEEDED FOR SIGNIFICANT CHANGES IN CONDITIONS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS...YOUR LOCAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICES AND/OR YOUR LOCAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OR DISASTER COORDINATING OFFICES FOR THE LATEST WEATHER AND DROUGHT INFORMATION. && RELATED WEB SITES... 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