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ATPQ40 PGUM 191451
SIMGUM

SATELLITE INTERPRETATION MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TIYAN GU
100 AM CHST MON MAY 20 2013

WESTERN NORTH PACIFIC BETWEEN EQUATOR AND 25N FROM 130E TO 180.

TRADE-WIND CONVERGENCE IS GENERATING SCATTERED SHOWERS AND A FEW
THUNDERSTORMS WITHIN 160 MILES OF A LINE FROM 6N150E TO 4N157E TO
5N167E. THIS AREA IS SOUTH OF CHUUK AND POHNPEI BUT OVER KOSRAE.
FARTHER SOUTHEAST...NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE
FOUND SOUTHEAST OF KOSRAE BETWEEN 4N AND 1N FROM 165E TO 171E.

LOW-LEVEL CONVERGENCE IS TRIGGERING SCATTERED SHOWERS AND A FEW
THUNDERSTORMS NORTHWEST OF THE MARIANAS WITHIN 200 MILES OF A LINE
FROM 17N130E TO 24N144E.

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ATPQ40 PGUM 190143
SIMGUM

SATELLITE INTERPRETATION MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TIYAN GU
100 PM CHST SUN MAY 19 2013

WESTERN NORTH PACIFIC BETWEEN EQUATOR AND 25N FROM 130E TO 180.

A TRADE-WIND DISTURBANCE IS CAUSING SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED
THUNDERSTORMS BETWEEN CHUUK AND YAP IN AN AREA BOUNDED BY A LINE
FROM 3N138E TO 12N144E TO 5N152E BACK TO 3N138E.

CONVERGENT SOUTHWEST WINDS ARE GENERATING CLOUDINESS...SCATTERED
SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS SOUTHEAST OF OKINAWA WITHIN 125
MILES OF A LINE FROM 20N132E TO 22N137E TO 23N144E. SIMILAR WEATHER
IS ALSO OCCURRING OVER MINAMI TORI SHIMA...OR NORTH OF A LINE FROM
24N146E TO 24N162E.

TRADE-WIND CONVERGENCE IS PRODUCING SCATTERED SHOWERS AND A FEW
THUNDERSTORMS NEAR POHNPEI AND KOSRAE...BUT OVER BUTARITARI AND
TARAWA ATOLLS WITHIN 160 MILES OF A LINE FROM 5N159E TO 4N169E TO
4N178E.

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