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ATPQ40 PGUM 240237
SIMGUM

SATELLITE INTERPRETATION MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TIYAN GU
100 PM CHST FRI MAY 24 2013

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

A NEARLY STATIONARY FRONT CURVES EASTWARD FROM 25N135E TO 23N142E TO 
23N147E TO BEYOND 25N AT 150E. CLOUDINESS AND SCATTERED SHOWERS ARE 
PRESENT OVER IWO TO ISLAND...OR ALONG THIS BOUNDARY AND NORTHWARD TO 
BEYOND 25N.

A SURFACE TROUGH RUNS NORTHEASTWARD FROM 16N144E TO END AT 
21N150E. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING 
OVER THE NORTHERN CNMI WITHIN 60 MILES OF THE TROUGH AXIS.

TRADE-WIND CONVERGENCE IS CAUSING SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED 
THUNDERSTORMS OVER A LARGE AREA THAT INCLUDES CHUUK...POHNPEI AND 
KOSRAE STATES AS WELL AS THE REPUBLIC OF THE MARSHALL ISLANDS. THIS 
AREA LIES WITHIN 250 MILES OF A LINE ROM 5N153E TO 4N177E.

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