Moderate Special Weather Statement | Effective 09/21/2026 23:12

Headline: 
Special Weather Statement issued September 22 at 4:12PM ChST by NWS Tiyan GU
Event: 
Special Weather Statement
Urgency: 
Expected
Effective: 
September 21, 2026 - 11:12pm
Expires: 
September 22, 2026 - 11:15pm
Description: 
Conditions have generally tapered down across Majuro from yesterdays wind and rain event. Scattered showers and isolated thunderstorms will bring some locally heavy showers through tonight. Further north, a tropical disturbance has produced robust convection across Bikini Atoll and the far northern Marshall Islands today. This morning's scatterometer shows that gusts could be approaching 40 to 45 knots in the heaviest showers and thunderstorms. Some of this heavy weather has made it as far south of Kwajalein today. Over the next couple of days, model guidance shows a westward shift of the tropical disturbance with a slow weakening trend. Scattered showers will remain possible across the RMI this week with a monsoon-like pattern remaining in place. Seas could approach 9 to 12 feet where the strongest winds and heaviest showers occur. This would make conditions hazardous to Small Craft across the far northern RMI with extreme choppiness. Boaters moving through the Marshall Islands north of Kwajalein should practice enhanced caution over the next day or so. For more information keep up to date with the latest information from the Majuro Weather Service office and your local emergency management agency.
Area Description: 
Majuro Coastal Waters
Forcast Office: 
NWS Tiyan GU
Sender: 
w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov