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ATPQ40 PGUM 120244
SIMGUM

SATELLITE INTERPRETATION MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TIYAN GU
1 PM CHST MON MAY 12 2008

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

TYPHOON 03W (RAMMASUN) CENTERED NEAR 25N135E IS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 
17 MPH. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ASSOCIATED WITH 
INFLOW TOWARD THE TYPHOON ARE FOUND NORTH OF A LINE FROM 19N130E TO 
19N138E. FOR MORE DETAILED INFORMATION...SEE JTWC WARNINGS ISSUED 
UNDER WMO HEADER WTPN31 PGTW.

CONVERGING WINDS ARE PRODUCING SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED 
THUNDERSTORMS NORTH AND WEST OF KOROR AND YAP...OR WEST OF A LINE 
FROM 6N133E TO 10N136E TO 19N138E. CONVERGING WINDS ARE ALSO 
TRIGGERING SCATTERED SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS ALONG THE 
EQUATOR WELL SOUTH OF KOROR...OR SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 2N130E TO 
2N137E.

TRADE-WIND CONVERGENCE IS COMBINING WITH UPPER-LEVEL DIVERGENCE TO 
GENERATE SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS IN TWO AREAS 
OVER EASTERN MICRONESIA. ONE AREA IS WEST AND SOUTHWEST OF CHUUK 
WITHIN AN AREA BOUNDED BY 6N142E TO 10N152E TO EQ152E TO EQ142E BACK 
TO 6N142E. THE SECOND AREA IS BROADLY SPREAD BETWEEN THE EQUATOR AND 
10N FROM FROM 152E TO 175E AND IS AFFECTING POHNPEI AND KOSRAE.

A TRADE-WIND DISTURBANCE IS CREATING SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED 
THUNDERSTORMS EAST OF MAJURO NEAR THE DATE LINE...OR EAST OF A LINE 
FROM 6N175E TO 8N175E.

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SIMPSON