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ATPQ40 PGUM 160233
SIMGUM

SATELLITE INTERPRETATION MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TIYAN GU
100 PM CHST WED MAY 16 2012

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

A STATIONARY FRONT STRETCHES SOUTHWESTWARD FROM 25N163E TO END NEAR 
23N151E. CLOUDINESS AND SCATTERED SHOWERS ARE LOCATED WELL NORTHEAST 
OF THE MARIANAS OVER MINAMI TORI SHIMA NORTH OF A LINE FROM 25N152E 
TO 21N155E TO 25N158E. 

TRADE-WIND CONVERGENCE IS TRIGGERING SCATTERED SHOWERS AND A FEW 
THUNDERSTORMS NORTHWEST OF KOROR...WEST OF A LINE FROM 14N136E TO 
10N134E TO 8N130E. 

A NEAR-EQUATORIAL TROUGH RUNS SOUTHEASTWARD FROM 4N130E THROUGH A 
CIRCULATION CENTERED SOUTHEAST OF KOROR AT 2N140E TO END AT EQ144E. 
SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE FOUND OVER THE 
REPUBLIC OF PALAU AND YAP STATE...WITHIN 150 MILES OF A LINE FROM 
2N132E TO 9N138E TO 7N144E...AND FARTHER EAST NEAR CHUUK WITHIN 125 
MILES OF A LINE FROM 9N150E TO 11N153E. 

A TRADE-WIND DISTURBANCE IS GENERATING SCATTERED SHOWERS AND 
ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS NEAR POHNPEI WITHIN 170 MILES OF A LINE FROM 
11N159E TO 2N159E. 

ANOTHER TRADE-WIND DISTURBANCE IS PRODUCING SCATTERED SHOWERS 
NORTHEAST OF MAJURO...EAST OF A LINE FROM 13N180 TO 11N173E TO 
8N173E TO 7N180E. 

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