967 
ATPQ40 PGUM 101454
SIMGUM

SATELLITE INTERPRETATION MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TIYAN GU
1254 AM CHST FRI JAN 11 2019

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

A TROPICAL DISTURBANCE WEST OF KOSRAE IS CENTERED NEAR 5N161E. 
NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE FOUND BETWEEN 3N AND
9N FROM 155E TO 170E. THIS AREA INCLUDES POHNPEI, KOSRAE AND THE
WESTERN MARSHALL ISLANDS.

TRADE-WIND CONVERGENCE NORTH OF A NEAR-EQUATORIAL TROUGH IS CAUSING 
SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS PALAU AND PARTS 
OF YAP STATE BETWEEN 2N AND 9N FROM 130E TO 148E. 

A COLD FRONT STRETCHES SOUTHWESTWARD THROUGH 25N179E TO 18N162E THEN
CONTINUES AS A SHEAR LINE TO 11N147E. ANOTHER SHEAR LINE EXTENDS
SOUTHWEST FROM 22N162E TO 15N130E. CLOUDINESS AND PATCHY RAIN ARE 
PRESENT ALONG AND UP TO 180 MILES NORTHWEST OF EACH OF THESE 
FEATURES.

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