Non tropical related but the plume from the Kilauea Volcano in Hawaii has spread westward to the Marshall Islands and Micronesia.
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TIYAN GU
235 PM ChST Sun May 27 2018
PMZ172-173-174-181-280500-
CHUUK-POHNPEI-KOSRAE-MAJURO-
235 PM ChST Sun May 27 2018
...VOLCANIC HAZE SPREADING ACROSS MICRONESIA...
THE LATEST NOAA HYSPLIT MODEL RUN EXECUTED BY WFO GUAM PROJECTS HAZE
PRODUCED BY KILAUEA VOLCANO IN HAWAII TO SPREAD SOUTHWESTWARD OVER
THE NEXT FEW DAYS. THIS TRAJECTORY INDICATES HAZE WILL SPREAD
SOUTHWESTWARD ACROSS MICRONESIA.
A HAZE PLUME IS BARELY VISIBLE ON THE LATEST VISIBLE SATELLITE LOOPS.
LOCAL WEATHER OBSERVERS AT BOTH KWAJALEIN AND MAJURO IN THE MARSHALL
ISLANDS HAVE REPORTED HAZE AT THE AIRPORTS TODAY. THIS HAZE IS
EXPECTED TO SPREAD FARTHER WESTWARD AND REACH KOSRAE...POHNPEI AND
POSSIBLY CHUUK OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS.
RESIDENTS ACROSS MICRONESIA FROM CHUUK STATE EASTWARD TO THE MARSHALL
ISLANDS SHOULD CONTINUE TO MONITOR THIS DEVELOPING SITUATION AND
LISTEN FOR POSSIBLE INSTRUCTIONS FROM THEIR WEATHER AND EMERGENCY
MANAGEMENT OFFICES. RESIDENTS WITH RESPIRATORY HEALTH PROBLEMS SHOULD
STAY INDOORS AND AVOID BEING OUTDOORS WHEN HAZE IS SEEN. MARINERS AND
PILOTS NEED TO BE AWARE OF LOWER VISIBILITIES CAUSED BY THIS HAZE.
THIS SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT ALONG WITH THE LATEST WEATHER FORECAST
FOR MICRONESIA IS AVAILABLE ON THE WFO GUAM WEBSITE AT
http://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/GUM/$$
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