{"id":405289,"date":"2024-02-14T14:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-02-14T14:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/?p=405289"},"modified":"-0001-11-30T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"-0001-11-29T14:00:00","slug":"Due-to-winds-NWS-cautions-vs-rapid-spread-of-fire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/Due-to-winds-NWS-cautions-vs-rapid-spread-of-fire\/","title":{"rendered":"Due to winds, NWS cautions vs. rapid spread of fire"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The National Weather Service in Guam has issued its weekly regional weather outlook and reports that the Marianas is expected to see an increase in gusty trade winds throughout the week, which could potentially lead to a rapid spread of fires.<\/p>\n<p>According to NWS, winds and waves will be the primary concerns for the week ahead for the entire Micronesia region.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMore immediately, for the Marianas, Yap and Palau, a descending shear line will bring rising choppy seas dominated by a shorter-period northeast swell and wind waves and a longer-period north swell. The shear line (narrow band of cloudiness) will slowly drop into the lower Marianas, bringing increasing cloudiness and patchy showers, though accumulation will be sight,\u201d said NWS.<\/p>\n<p>Because of the increase in trade winds, NWS warns that fire will spread more quickly and could be a concern.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFire concerns will be elevated due to the stronger, gusty trades and low potential for wetting rains. With the anticipated winds the next few days, the fire danger is very high and a red flag warning is in effect,\u201d said NWS.<\/p>\n<p>However, these concerns will shift east starting Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThursday, Friday, and into the weekend, the marine concern shifts to east Micronesia. Strong northerly winds associated with an east-moving storm well north of Wake Island will generate large northerly swell that will likely reach the Wake Island area Wednesday, then continue southward between Thursday evening and Friday morning. Folks on exposed north-facing islands and atolls should be aware of the changing sea conditions later this week and the potential for some inundation,\u201d NWS states.<\/p>\n<p>The Marianas and the rest of Micronesia is encouraged to keep up to date on all the marine and surf advisories for the region.<\/p>\n<figure style=\"width: 480px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/images\/imgupload\/f95db85ecb61188816bb10aa99c47a99.jpg\" width=\"480\" height=\"360\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/p>\n<p>With the anticipated winds the next few days, the fire danger is very high and a red flag warning is in effect.<\/p>\n<p>-CONTRIBUTED PHOTO<br \/><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The National Weather Service in Guam has issued its weekly regional weather outlook and reports&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-405289","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-local-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/405289","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=405289"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/405289\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=405289"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=405289"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=405289"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}