The local RTS Weather Station has re-issued a West Wind Swell Warning for Kwajalein and Roi-Namur for the week starting September 28. The warning follows another burst of westerly winds associated with the monsoon trough. NWS Guam also reports that the trough remains an important weather feature across Micronesia, with the Marshall Islands near its southern edge. (Audio in Marshallese)

RTS Weather Station eo ilo Kwajalein eṃōj an kwaḷọk an naan in kakkōl kōn West Wind Swell Warning ñan Kwajalein im Roi-Namur, eo im enaaj kar wōnṃaanḷọk wōt ilo wiik in Jeptōṃba 28. Naan in kakkōl kein rej bar waḷọk ālkin an bar jarjar kōto ko jān eañ im rej ekkeijel ḷọk wōt ippān monsoon trough eo.  NWS Guam ako jikin meḷeḷe ko an weather eo ilo Guam ej bar kemlet ilo ripoot ko an ke monsoon trough eo ej pād wōt ilo an juon wāwein eo eaorōk ñan lale ilo mejatoto kein ilo Micronesia im aelōñ in Majōl ej pād ijo epaak e iturear tata.

RTS is also watching a developing low-level circulation near Kwajalein that could bring another period of westerly winds to the atoll. The circulation is expected to develop along the monsoon trough north or northwest of Kwajalein, with west-southwest to west-northwest winds increasing October 1. RTS says a West Wind Swell Warning may be reissued as the westerly flow strengthens. The exact position and strength of the developing circulation remain uncertain, but westerly winds could continue into the weekend. 

NWS Guam has issued a Special Weather Statement for Chuuk, Yap, and Palau because its monsoon surge is expected to produce deteriorating wind, sea, and surf conditions. Significant tropical-cyclone development is expected within 24 hours, though the system is well west of the RMI and is influencing the Marshalls mainly through the broader monsoon pattern rather than a direct cyclone impact. 

For now, NWS Guam has no broader warning or advisory in effect for the Marshall Islands, and its latest regional forecast describes seas around 3–5 feet with generally light winds.  People traveling by boat or spending time along lagoon-facing shorelines should continue to watch local conditions and updates from RTS and the National Weather Service.

We are also continuing to see the impact of the 2026 El Niño season. The exposed coral being reported in Yap and the RMI is consistent with one of its known effects: temporarily lower sea levels in the western Pacific. 

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RTS ak jikin etale weather eo ilo Kwajalein ej barāinwōt lale juon kōto edik eo ej waḷọk iturin Kwajalein eo emaroñ kwaḷọk bar juon kōto jān eañ eo ej kaiok ḷọk aelōñ eo. Kōto in eo ej itoitak kar kōtmāne bwe ej ṃōtton wōt monsoon trough in im ej itok iturear ak northwest in Kwajalein, ilo tu-iõñ tu-rear ñan tu-iõñ tu-rilik kōto ko renaaj ḷapḷọk ilo Oktoba 1 raan. RTS ej ba bwe juon West Wind Swell Warning emaroñ bar waḷọk ñe kōto ko jān eañ rej kajurḷọk. Ejjab lukkun alikkar ia in kajur in circulation in kōto kein rej itok jene, ak kōto ko jān tueañ remaroñ wōnṃaanḷọk ñan jeṃḷọkin wiik in. 

NWS Guam ak jikin lale weather eo eṃōj an kadiwōjḷọk juon an enaan kōn jerbal in katu ko eṃōj loi, ñan Chuuk, Yap kab Palau, kōn ḷapḷọk im kajurḷọk ko ikjjien monsoon eo rej kōtmāne bwe emaroñ in kwaḷọk kōto ko reḷap ilo loṃaḷo ko, liṃaajṇoṇo in lọjet, kab ilo ñilitok in ṇo ko. Wāwein kein remaroñ kōṃṃan bwe en wōr ejaak in kōto ko reḷḷap im emaroñ bōk jikin iloan 24 awa. Mekarta Marshall epād ḷọk itueañ in kōto kein, akō emaroñ in jelet e ilo an ḷapḷọk monsoon eo meñe ejjeḷọk taiboon rej waḷọk ak bōk jikier.

Ñan kiiō, NWS Guam ejjab kōjjeḷā kōn bar juon warning ak advisory eḷapḷọk ñan Marshall Islands. Forecast eo ekāāl tata ñan aelōñ kein ej kwalọk ke no ko ilo lojet rej 3–5 ne utiej, im kōto ko rej jab lukkuun kajur. Ro rej ejõrakrõk kōn waan ejõrakrõk ko ak rej pād iturin iar im parijet ko ren wōnṃaanḷọk wõt im lale wāween lọjet im mejatoto ko ilo jukjukin pād ko aer, im roñjaki kōjjeḷā ko rekāāl jen RTS im National Weather Service.

Jej barāinwōt lo an ḷapḷọk an El Niño eo bōk jikin ilo 2026 in. Ilo juon ripoot ej kwaḷọk bwe eḷapḷọk kiiō an waḷọk wōd ilo Yap im RMI im ej kalikkar bwe: lower sea levels ak dikḷọk in dānin lọjet eo eḷapḷọk an bōk jikin ilo aelōñ ko tueañ in Pacific kein.