A few areas received enough rain to decrease there drought severity, while a few had worsening drought conditions.
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
The episode as NWS GUM wrote it up.
A few areas received enough rain to decrease there drought severity, while a few had worsening drought conditions.
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 Dec 31, 8:32 AM UTC, 5 hours 28 minutes earlier.
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Tiyan GU 632 PM ChST Fri Dec 31 2021 .Marianas Synopsis... Partly to mostly cloudy skies with spotty showers and moderate trade winds prevail across the Marianas this evening. On satellite, a decaying shear line is evident to the east with another shear line over the northern CNMI. Ipan buoy shows seas near 5 feet while altimetry between 6 and 7 feet across the waters. && .Discussion... A weak surface trough brought cloudiness and a few light showers to the Marianas this evening. Cloudiness will decrease through the evening, with partly cloudy skies returning to the area. Light showers are then expected through New Years Day. By Saturday evening, a shear line (currently over the northern CNMI) is expected to push into the area. This feature will likely bring increasing showers to Tinian and Saipan Saturday night, then pushing south into Guam and Rota by Sunday morning. Rainfall, however, will be fairly low. As the shear line approaches, moderate winds will also increase, becoming fresh to occasionally strong by Sunday. Showers will then decrease by Monday as a dry trade-wind pattern returns, though fresh to occasionally strong winds are expected to continue for the next few days. && .Marine... Strong north-northwest winds moving east of Japan are expected to push an increasing north-northwest swell into the region later in the weekend. At the same time, increasing northeast winds associated with an advancing shear line will produce a modest northeasterly swell. These 2 swell trains could produce combined seas in excess of 10 feet, especially over the northern waters. Combined seas along with the strong winds from the shear line could require a Small Craft Advisory Sunday or Sunday night. A High Surf Advisory is also possible for north facing reefs along with a high risk of rip currents along both north and east facing reefs. && .Eastern Micronesia... An overall dry pattern continues with moderate northeast trade winds. Shower activity is largely confined to areas south of 4N. A weak trade disturbance is seen on satellite north of Kwajalein. This feature, or whatever is left of it, will drift over Pohnpei and Kosrae Saturday night and early Sunday to produce an uptick in showers. Another disturbance sweeps down from the mid-latitudes to perhaps bump showers up again ~Tuesday for Pohnpei and Kosrae. Majuro will continue to sit in a dry air mass characterized by low- level divergence at times. This should keep Majuro dry through the first half of next week with nothing more than a few sprinkles at times. Drought will continue to be a concern for the northern islands of the Marshalls near and north of 9N where meager rain has fallen the past few weeks. The anomalous area of low pressure east of the dateline that has eastern Micronesia locked in this steady, dry, moderate trade-wind pattern will erode early next week. This should allow moisture and convergent trade flow to push back in from the east. Much of the activity is likely to settle in south of Majuro, but expect the northern extent to brush Majuro with showers late week. King Tides return Jan 2 thru Jan 5. Nuisance flooding is still possible for the most vulnerable coastal areas across the region as background northerly swell couples with the higher than normal tides and elevated sea levels associated with La Nina. A big impact event like early December is not likely as northerly swell is anticipated to be roughly 3x lower and shorter period. && .Western Micronesia... A near-equatorial trough hugs the equator with showers and thunderstorms seen along and north of it, including the main islands of Palau. Fair weather trades cover the rest of the region. Chuuk looks anchored in a dry pattern similar to eastern Micronesia with little shower activity expected the next several days. Some ill- defined trade disturbances look to boost light showers a bit the first half of next week but overall accumulations and coverage look minimal. Dry air lurks just northeast of Palau based on satellite- derived precipitable water imagery. This should nose into Palau overnight. A shear line, currently sitting along 15N, will drift down the next few days. This feature will bring low-topped trade showers back to Palau and Yap for early next week. Altimetry data shows seas still at 8 feet around Palau and Yap with surf obs from Yap still indicating hazardous surf of 9 feet along reefs exposed to N/NE swell. Decided to extend the advisory through the weekend as another push of NE swell arrives with the shear line. Seas and winds may be borderline hazardous for small craft for Palau and Yap by early next week as well. Seas and winds will be mellower across Chuuk but expect moderate northwest swell and trade winds to build by Tuesday. As in eastern Micronesia, somewhat elevated seas and the next King Tide cycle may bring about some nuisance coastal flooding around high tide Sunday through Wednesday, but nothing of the magnitude of the event in early December. && .GUM WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... GU...None. MP...None. Marianas Waters...None. && Marianas: Kleeschulte Micronesia: Bukunt
2 drought. Local standard time, as filed.
An increase in rainfall over Kapingamarangi allowed it to transition from Severe |Drought (D2) in December to Moderate Drought (D1) at the beginning of January.
Kwajalein saw only 1.25 inches of rain in January, which is 28 percent of average. |This resulted in the atoll to go from Moderate Drought category (D1) to Severe Drought (D2). Water resources are stressed on parts of Kwajalein atoll. This includes, but is not |limited to, Mejatto and Ebadon.
Wotje entered Severe Drought (D2) at the beginning of the month. This worsened to Extreme Drought (D3) by months end. Wotje saw no rain from January 1st to the 26th. In Wotje private water catchments are very low or dry. Residents are using the community catchment tanks at the local church and school for drinking water. Vegetation and crops are browning and some are drying up.
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