Gale force weather played hide and seek with American Samoa after the territory luckily escaped any heavy weather over the Christmas holiday.

With intermittent heavy rain, the National Weather Service (NWS) office at the Pago Pago International Airport reported Saturday morning that Tropical Depression 05f was located about 75 miles north of Tutuila or about 57 miles northwest of Manu’a, moving south-southeast slowly.

For Tutuila and Aunu’u, the Gale Watch was cancelled as of 9:30 a.m.  Saturday while a small craft advisory remained in effect.

As of Sunday afternoon, remnants of a monsoonal trough over Tutuila were drifting eastward and would continue to do so through Tuesday. Tropical Depression 05F was south of Manu’a Sunday morning and slowly moving southeast with the Gale Watch for Manu’a now also canceled.

A small craft advisory for all islands is in effect. 

The National Weather Service at Tafuna advises that numerous showers and isolated thunderstorms can be expected through this morning.

Today and Tuesday rain is expected to diminish to scattered showers and further diminish to isolated showers on Wednesday and Thursday.

Winds today 11-12 MPH from the northwest shifting to the east on Wednesday.