SPECIAL WEATHER BULLETIN NUMBER EIGHT (8) FOR SAMOA ISSUED BY SAMOA METEOROLOGY SERVICES AT 021200Z (1:00 A.M. LOCAL TIME ) 02nd JAN 2004.
……..A GALE WATCH REMAINS IN FORCE FOR SAMOA……..
TROPICAL CYCLONE HETA WAS LOCATED AT 8.3 SOUTH 174.0 WEST OR 360 MILES NORTHWEST OF APIA AT 020900 UTC OR 10.00 PM LOCAL TIME. CYCLONE EXPECTED TO LOCATE 9.0 SOUTH 173.3 AT 021800Z OR ABOUT 300 MILES NORTHWEST OF APIA AT 7.00 A.M. TOMORROW MORNING.
IF TROPICAL CYCLONE HETA CONTINUES ON ITS EXPECTED TRACK AND RATE OF DEVELOPMENT IT WILL BRING DAMAGING GALE FORCE TO MARGINAL STORM FORCE WINDS AND WILL DEVELOP WITHIN THE NEXT 24 TO 48 HOURS AFFECTING THE WEST AND NORTH OF SAVAII AND NORTH OF UPOLU.
SCATTERED TO OCCASIONAL SHOWERS WITH ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS, FLOOD POSSIBLE FOR LOW LYING AREAS IN HEAVY RAIN. SEAS MODERATE TO ROUGH, BECOMING VERY ROUGH WITH HIGH SWELL DEVELOPING WITH POSSIBLE SEA FLOODING
NEXT SPECIAL WEATHER BULLETIN WILL BE ISSUED AT 021800UTC OR 7:00 AM JANUARY 2ND 2004.
TC 07P (Heta) Update from Samoa...
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