WTPQ81 PGUM 111557 HLSPQ1 GUZ001-002-PMZ151-152-112300- GUAM-ROTA-GUAM WATERS-ROTA WATERS- TROPICAL DEPRESSION 27W LOCAL STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TIYAN GU 200 AM CHST FRI DEC 12 2008 ...TROPICAL STORM WARNING FOR GUAM CANCELLED... ...AREAS AFFECTED... THIS STATEMENT RECOMMENDS ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN BY RESIDENTS OF GUAM AND ROTA. ...WATCHES AND WARNINGS... A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT FOR GUAM. THE WARNING WAS CANCELLED AT 1 AM FRIDAY CHST. ...STORM INFORMATION.. AT 1 AM CHST...1500Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL DEPRESSION 27W WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 12.9 DEGREES NORTH AND LONGITUDE 142.5 DEGREES EAST. THIS IS ABOUT 155 MILES WEST OF HAGATNA GUAM 195 MILES WEST-SOUTHWEST OF ROTA 245 MILES WEST-SOUTHWEST OF TINIAN AND 255 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SAIPAN. TROPICAL DEPRESSION 27W IS MOVING WEST AT 20 MPH. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 35 MPH. ...PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS FOR GUAM AND ROTA... SMALL CRAFT SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT. PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN POSSIBLE THIS MORNING. ...WIND INFORMATION... SOUTHEAST WINDS AT 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH EARLY THIS MORNING...GRADUALLY DECREASING THROUGHOUT THE DAY. ...COASTAL INUNDATION AND SURF INFORMATION... HAZARDOUS SURF OF 9 TO 11 FEET AND STRONG RIP CURRENTS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THIS EVENING MAINLY ON SOUTHEASTERN EXPOSURES. ...OTHER STORM EFFECTS... ADDITIONAL RAINFALL UP TO 1 INCH IS POSSIBLE THIS MORNING. ...NEXT UPDATE... THIS WILL BE THE LAST LOCAL STATEMENT ISSUED FOR DEPRESSION 27W. $$ MUNDELL