------------------------------------------------------------------------ 686 AXGM70 PGUM 220551 CCA DGTGUM PMZ181-GUZ001>004-240600- MAJURO-GUAM-ROTA-TINIAN-SAIPAN- DROUGHT INFORMATION STATEMENT...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TIYAN GU 330 PM CHST THU AUG 22 2019 ...DROUGHT ENDING IN THE REPUBLIC OF THE MARSHALL ISLANDS... SYNOPSIS... A WET TRADEWIND REGIME HAS REPLACED THE DRIER TRADEWIND REGIME ACROSS THE NORTHERN MARSHALL ISLANDS. UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCES ARE INDUCING DEEP RAINSHOWERS AND PROVIDING PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE NORTHERN MARSHALL ISLANDS. THIS WILL BE THE FINAL DROUGHT INFORMATION STATEMENT FOR THE MARSHALL ISLANDS. THE DROUGHT FOR GUAM AND THE CNMI WAS DECLARED OVER IN THE 8 AUGUST DROUGHT INFORMATION STATEMENT. MONSOON SYSTEMS HAVE ALREADY GENERATED SEVERAL TROPICAL CYCLONES NORTH AND WEST OF THE MARIANAS AND EXTENDED PERIODS OF HEAVY RAINS ACROSS THE MARIANA ISLANDS. THE LATEST OPERATIONAL U.S. DROUGHT MONITOR SHOWS THAT KWAJALEIN AND UTIRIK OF THE RMI HAVE IMPROVED TO MODERATE DROUGHT D1-L (LONG-TERM DROUGHT LEVEL 1 OF 4)...WHILE WOTJE HAS IMPROVED TO MODERATE DROUGHT OR LEVEL D1-SL (SHORT AND LONG-TERM DROUGHT LEVEL 1 OF 4). JALUIT IS AT SEVERE DROUGHT LEVEL D2-SL (SHORT-TERM AND LONG-TERM DROUGHT LEVEL 2 OF 4). OTHER LOCATIONS ARE DESIGNATED ABNORMALLY DRY OR NO DROUGHT. IMPROVEMENT IS EXPECTED IN ALL AREAS. SUMMARY OF IMPACTS... MARSHALL ISLANDS... FAR NORTHERN ISLANDS... UTIRIK HAS RECEIVED 2.43 INCHES OF RAIN DURING 5 OF THE LAST 7 DAYS. THIS DISTRIBUTION HAS ALLOWED UTIRIK TO LOWER ITS DROUGHT SEVERITY CLASSIFICATION. WOTJE RECEIVED 1.10 INCHES OF RAIN IN THE LAST WEEK AND ITS DROUGHT SEVERITY CLASSIFICATION IS SIGNIFICANTLY IMPROVED. MARIANA ISLANDS... SAIPAN AND GUAM HAVE HAD 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN OVER THE PAST WEEK...WHILE ROTA HAS HAD 3.62 INCHES. ALL OF THE MARIANA ISLANDS ARE NO LONGER UNDER ANY DROUGHT SEVERITY CLASSIFICATION. CLIMATE SUMMARY... SOME RAINFALL REPORTS IN INCHES ARE AS FOLLOWS... ...NORM DESCRIBES THE NORMAL RAINFALL... DEC-JUN DEC-JUN DEC-JUN JULY AUG AUG AUG NORM (%) 1-20 1-20NORM (%) RMI UTIRIK 9.97 19.68 51 3.58 7.07 4.43 160 WOTJE 17.90 24.75 72 4.80 7.81 3.40 230 KWAJALEIN/EBEYE 30.77 39.68 78 4.77 7.05 6.70 105 WSO MAJURO 57.76 65.43 88 7.12 7.46 7.37 101 MILI 65.60 66.87 98 5.92 5.47 6.40 84 AILINGLAPLAP 45.42 55.62 82 6.75 8.30 6.69 124 JALUIT 39.02 69.59 56 2.60 4.84 4.57 106 MARIANAS SAIPAN AIRPORT 22.56 21.89 103 6.73 16.20 9.03 179 TINIAN AIRPORT** 23.60 25.17 94 7.40 12.21 8.03 152 ROTA AIRPORT 30.16 32.91 92 10.59 15.20 12.07 126 GUAM AIRPORT 28.06 33.21 85 4.63 13.38 11.06 121 * POLOWAT MISSING FEBRUARY RAINFALL FROM WUTIP * TINIAN MISSING 9-20 AUG; USED 95% CAPITOL HILL SAIPAN PRECIPITATION/TEMPERATURE OUTLOOK... CLOUDIER CONDITIONS SHOULD REDUCE INCOMING RADIATION WHICH SHOULD IN TURN LOWER DAYTIME TEMPERATURES. IF DAYTIME WINDS BECOME LIGHT...THEN TEMPERATURES COULD AGAIN INCREASE DURING THE DAY. THE MARSHALL ISLANDS... ISLANDS NORTH OF MAJURO... RAINFALL NORTH OF 10 NORTH LATITUDE MAY REACH 1 TO 2 INCHES DURING THE NEXT TWO WEEKS. KWAJALEIN/EBEYE AND NEARBY ATOLLS COULD RECEIVE 6 TO 8 INCHES THROUGH THE NEXT 2 WEEKS. THE NORTHERN MARSHALL ISLANDS SHOULD RECEIVE ADEQUATE RAINFALL FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE YEAR. CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MARSHALL ISLANDS INCLUDING MAJURO... COMPUTER MODELS INDICATE RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ROUGHLY 6 TO 7 INCHES FOR THE NEXT 2 WEEKS FOR AILINGALAPLAP IN THE NORTH TO MILI IN THE SOUTH. THE MARIANA ISLANDS... GUAM AND THE COMMONWEALTH OF THE NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS... AFTER A VERY WET FIRST WEEK OF AUGUST...RAIN WILL LET UP A BIT WITH ABOUT AN INCH OVER THE NEXT 2 WEEKS. A WET SEASON PATTERN IS IN PLACE AND SHOULD REMAIN THAT WAY FOR THE NEXT FEW MONTHS. && NEXT ISSUANCE DATE... THIS IS THE FINAL DROUGHT INFORMATION STATEMENT FOR THIS EVENT. && SPECIAL NOTE...IN SEPTEMBER...THE PACIFIC ENSO APPLICATIONS CLIMATE CENTER WILL CHANGE TO THE PACIFIC ENSO APPLICATIONS CLIMATE SERVICES PROGRAM. THE ACRONYM WILL REMAIN AS PEAC. && RELATED WEB SITES... ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON CURRENT DROUGHT CONDITIONS MAY BE FOUND AT THE FOLLOWING WEB ADDRESSES /USE LOWER CASE LETTERS/ NWS WFO GUAM AT HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/GUM/ UNDER MENU ITEM CURRENT CONDITIONS... HYDROLOGY...DROUGHT INFORMATION STATEMENT. ALSO...THE PACIFIC ENSO APPLICATIONS CLIMATE SERVICES AT HTTPS://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/PEAC/ NOAA CORAL REEF BLEACHING... A CORAL REEF BLEACHING WATCH AREA EXTENDS OVER THE MARIANA ISLANDS AND THE MARSHALL ISLANDS. A CORAL REEF BLEACHING WARNING AREA INCLUDES THE FEDERATED STATES OF MICRONESIA AND THE REPUBLIC OF PALAU. FOR MORE INFORMATION SEE THE NOAA/NESDIS AT HTTPS://CORALREEFWATCH.NOAA.GOV/SATELLITE/BAA.PHP ACKNOWLEDGMENTS... WE ACKNOWLEDGE OUR PARTNERS AT THE CLIMATE PREDICTION CENTER...THE PACIFIC ENSO APPLICATIONS CLIMATE CENTER...INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR CLIMATE AND SOCIETY...UNIVERSITY OF GUAM...UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII...HONOLULU FORECAST OFFICE AND THE WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE AT MAJURO. ALSO THE USAID SUBREGIONAL OFFICES AND NOAA/NESDIS CORAL REEF WATCH PROGRAM AND RICHARD HEIM AT THE NOAA NATIONAL CENTERS FOR ENVIRONMENTAL INFORMATION. QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS MAY BE ADDRESSED TO THE FOLLOWING... WFO TIYAN GUAM 3232 HUENEME RD BARRIGADA GU 96913 PHONE: 671-472-0946 OR EMAILED AT W-GUM.WEBMASTER@NOAA.GOV (LOWER CASE LETTERS) $$ GUARD/KLEESCHULTE ------------------------------------------------------------------------