Four Japanese tourists, two men and two women, were swept over the reef by strong rip currents at Ritidian Point on Guam's northern tip. They made it back to shore, and were then taken by ambulance to Guam Memorial Hospital for treatment of numerous cuts and bruises.
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The episode as NWS GUM wrote it up.
Four Japanese tourists, two men and two women, were swept over the reef by strong rip currents at Ritidian Point on Guam's northern tip. They made it back to shore, and were then taken by ambulance to Guam Memorial Hospital for treatment of numerous cuts and bruises.
The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Guam wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Oct 27, 8:58 PM UTC, 6 hours 17 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TIYAN GU 658 AM LST SAT OCT 28 2006 .SYNOPSIS... TROPICAL STORM CIMARON CONTINUES TO MOVE WEST AND AWAY FROM THE MARIANA ISLANDS. TRADE-WIND CONVERGENCE TO THE EAST OF CIMARON IS BRINING A FEW SHOWERS TO THE LOCAL AREA. MOST OF THESE SHOWERS ARE TO THE SOUTH OF GUAM KEEPING THE ISLANDS IN ISOLATED SHOWERS. && .DISCUSSION... TRADE-WINDS WILL PERSIST THROUGH FORECAST PERIOD AS GFS...UKMET...NGPS AND ECMWF ALL CONSISTENT KEEPING THE WINDS EAST TO NORTHEAST. WIND SPEEDS ALSO REMAIN IN THE TEENS FOR THE ENTIRE FORECAST. MODELS SHOW A POSSIBLE CIRCULATION FORMING TO THE SOUTH OF 10N BY NEXT MID-WEEK. AT THE PRESENT TIME PRECIP ASSOCIATED WITH THAT CIRCULATION REMAINS SOUTH OF THE MARIANA ISLANDS. WITH THIS IN MIND WILL KEEP ISOLATED IN FORECAST. ALL MODELS AGAIN SHOW A FEW CLOUDS THIS MORNING WHICH WILL GIVE WAY TO PARTLY CLOUDY THROUGH OUT THE FORECAST. && .GUM WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... GU...NONE. MARIANAS WATERS...NONE. && ZIOBRO
1 rip current. Local standard time, as filed.
Four Japanese tourists, two men and two women, were swept over the reef at Ritidian Point on Guam's northern tip. The made it back to shore, and were then taken by ambulance to Guam Memorial Hospital for treatment of numerous cuts and bruises.
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