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ATPQ40 PGUM 170238
SIMGUM

SATELLITE INTERPRETATION MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TIYAN GU
100 PM CHST THU JAN 17 2013

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

A COLD FRONT CURVES SOUTHWESTWARD FROM NORTHEAST OF WAKE ISLAND AT 
25N178E TO 20N151E...THEN CONTINUES AS A SHEAR LINE ACROSS THE 
NORTHERN CNMI TO BEYOND 130E AT 14N. CLOUDS AND PATCHY RAIN ARE 
FOUND ALONG AND UP TO 400 MILES NORTHWEST OF THIS BOUNDARY. 

A CONVERGENCE ZONE SETTING UP FROM SOUTH OF POHNPEI ACROSS KOSRAE 
AND THE SOUTHERN MARSHALL ISLANDS TO THE DATELINE IS CAUSING WIDELY 
SCATTERED SHOWERS BETWEEN 2N AND 8N FROM 156E TO 180.

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DEVITA/SIMPSON