Satellite Interpretation Message
Issued by NWS Tiyan, Guam

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ATPQ40 PGUM 200213
SIMGUM

SATELLITE INTERPRETATION MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TIYAN GU
100 PM CHST MON MAY 20 2013

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

A STORM SYSTEM IS SOUTHEAST OF JAPAN WITH A FRONTAL BOUNDARY THAT
EXTENDS SOUTHWESTWARD FROM 25N152E TO END NEAR 13N130E. SCATTERED
SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE ALONG AND UP TO 200 MILES
NORTHWEST OF THE BOUNDARY.

A SERIES OF SURFACE TROUGHS ARE ALONG THE INTER-TROPICAL CONVERGENCE
ZONE WHICH STRETCHES ACROSS EASTERN MICRONESIA. SCATTERED SHOWERS
AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS NEAR CHUUK...POHNPEI AND KOSRAE ARE WITHIN
175 MILES OF A LINE FROM 8N152E TO 2N169E...AND APPROACHING MAJURO
BETWEEN 5N AND 9N FROM 172E TO THE DATE LINE.

A WEAK TRADE-WIND TROUGH NORTH OF KWAJALEIN IS TRIGGERING WIDELY
SCATTERED SHOWERS WITHIN 100 MILES OF A LINE FROM 16N163E TO 12N170E.

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