From: LDM Weather (ldm@WEATHER3.ADMIN.NIU.EDU)
Date: Fri Oct 10 2008 - 11:36:12 EDT
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ATPQ40 PGUM 101536
SIMGUM
SATELLITE INTERPRETATION MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TIYAN GU
130 AM CHST SAT OCT 11 2008
WESTERN NORTH PACIFIC BETWEEN EQUATOR AND 25N FROM 130E TO 180.
LOW-LEVEL CONVERGENCE IS COMBINING WITH FAVORABLE UPPER-LEVEL
DYNAMICS TO PRODUCE SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS
SOUTHWEST OF IWO TO ISLAND BETWEEN 15N AND 22N FROM 132E TO 141E.
A LOW-LEVEL TROUGH EXTENDS NORTHEASTWARD FROM EQ138E TO NORTH OF
CHUUK AT 13N151E...THEN TURNS NORTHWARD TO 22N152E. CONVERGENCE WEST
OF THE TROUGH AXIS IS CAUSING SCATTERED SHOWERS JUST SOUTH OF KOROR
WITHIN 100 MILES OF A LINE FROM 6N135E TO 3N139E. AIDED BY
UPPER-LEVEL DIVERGENCE...NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS
ARE OCCURRING JUST EAST OF GUAM AND ROTA...AND SOUTHEAST OF TINIAN
AND SAIPAN WITHIN 125 MILES OF A LINE FROM 10N144E TO 14N150E.
TRADE-WIND CONVERGENCE IS TRIGGERING SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED
THUNDERSTORMS OVER POHNPEI OR SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 7N154E TO
7N159E...AND OVER A LARGE AREA COVERING KOSRAE...KWAJALEIN AND
MAJURO. THIS AREA IS BETWEEN 5N AND 11N FROM 159E TO 180.
AN UPPER-LEVEL LOW IS CENTERED NORTHWEST OF WAKE ISLAND NEAR
25N161E. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS ASSOCIATED WITH
THIS LOW ARE FOUND NEAR ITS CENTER WITHIN 100 MILES OF A LINE FROM
22N162E TO 24N163E.
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CHAN
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