Tropical Weather Discussion
Issued by NWS
Issued by NWS
081 AXPQ20 PGUM 100019 TWDPQ Tropical Weather Discussion National Weather Service Tiyan GU 1019 AM ChST Mon Nov 10 2025 Tropical Weather Discussion for the Western North Pacific between the Equator and 25N from 130E to 180. The following information is based on recent satellite imagery/data, weather observations, radar, and meteorological analysis. ...SPECIAL FEATURES... None. ...OTHER WEATHER SYSTEMS... TRADE-WIND TROUGHS... A few trade-wind troughs span much of eastern Micronesia, with most remaining largely indistinguishable from the background trades. The more notable ones are integrated within the ITCZ in eastern Micronesia, producing scattered to widespread showers and isolated thunderstorms in two sectors mentioned in the ITCZ section below. These troughs are expected to continue to move west along with the ITCZ, remaining largely transient in nature over the coming days. OTHER SYSTEMS... A minor ridge has developed in western Micronesia, stretching from the northeastern Indonesian islands of Fani and Bras to the north across Palau to then end well north-northeast near Iwo To. Some westerly-moving thunderstorms are observed along the southern fringes of the ridge, being pushed in by monsoonal outflow boundaries west of 130E, resembling a localized anticyclonic buffer circulation. This ridge will continue to shift west over the coming days as it chases Fung-wong, allowing a potential tropical disturbance to move in as it exits western Micronesia. ...ITCZ... The Intertropical Convergence Zone (ITCZ) enters the region near 9N180, to then extend west across much of eastern Micronesia, to end just southeast of Chuuk. Moderate to occasionally deep convection is associated with this feature, producing scattered to widespread showers and isolated thunderstorms in two sectors; between the Equator and 9N from 152E to 162E across Chuuk and Pohnpei States, and between 6N and 11N from 170E to the Date Line across the Marshalls. Convection embedded within the ITCZ is expected to peak in the second sector near the Marshalls and persist as it moves west, meanwhile the first sector near Chuuk will continue to deepen as a tropical disturbance attempts to develop in this general area as early as Tuesday. $$ Montvila