SATELLITE INTERPRETATION MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TIYAN GU 100 PM CHST FRI FEB 28 2014 WESTERN NORTH PACIFIC BETWEEN EQUATOR AND 25N FROM 130E TO 180. NEWLY FORMED TROPICAL DEPRESSION 03W IS CENTERED 350 MILES SOUTH-SOUTHEAST OF GUAM WITH MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 MPH AND REMAINS NEARLY STATIONARY. NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING SOUTHEAST OF THE MARIANAS OVER CHUUK STATE BETWEEN 12N AND 4N FROM 144E TO 153E. FOR MORE INFORMATION ON TROPICAL DEPRESSION 03W...SEE BULLETINS ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE UNDER WMO HEADER WTPQ31 AND JTWC UNDER WMO HEADER WTPN31. A NEAR-EQUATORIAL TROUGH STRETCHES EASTWARD FROM 4N130E THROUGH TROPICAL DEPRESSION 03W TO END AT EQUATOR AND 168E. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE FOUND SOUTHEAST OF YAP BETWEEN 7N AND 3N FROM 139E TO 144E. FARTHER EAST...SCATTERED SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS ARE LOCATED OVER POHNPEI AND KOSRAE STATES BETWEEN 9N FROM THE EQUATOR FROM 153E AND 163E. A COLD FRONT EXTENDS SOUTHWESTWARD FROM 20N180 TO 16N170E THEN CONTINUES WESTWARD AS A SHEAR LINE TO END SOUTHWEST OF GUAM AT 12N142E. LOW CLOUDS AND SCATTERED SHOWERS ARE FOUND ALONG AND UP TO 250 MILES NORTHWEST OF THESE FEATURES. TRADE-WIND CONVERGENCE IS GENERATING SCATTERED SHOWERS OVER THE MARSHALL ISLANDS WITHIN 100 MILES OF A LINE FROM 10N160E TO 10N165 TO 6N171E.
Posted on: Fri, 28 Feb 2014 04:03:02 +0000
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