Breezy conditions from a strong ridge to the south of American Samoa interacted with a trough near the territory to generate rough and choppy seas throughout the coastal waters. Winds speeds reached over 25 mph at WSO Pago Pago and a PacIOOS buoy recorded seas above 10 feet.
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The episode as NWS ASO wrote it up.
Breezy conditions from a strong ridge to the south of American Samoa interacted with a trough near the territory to generate rough and choppy seas throughout the coastal waters. Winds speeds reached over 25 mph at WSO Pago Pago and a PacIOOS buoy recorded seas above 10 feet.
1 high surf. Local standard time, as filed.
Due to rough seas and high winds, a navigational shipping buoy became dislodged from Taema Bank and ran ashore into a coral reef bank along the coastline of Nu'uuli village (Coconut Point).
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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