SATELLITE INTERPRETATION MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TIYAN GU 100 PM CHST TUE MAR 4 2014 WESTERN NORTH PACIFIC BETWEEN EQUATOR AND 25N FROM 130E TO 180. TROPICAL STORM FAXAI (03W) IS CENTERED NEAR 16N150E OR 385 MILES EAST-NORTHEAST OF GUAM WITH MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS OF 65 MPH AND MOVING NORTHWARD AT 12 MPH. HEAVY RAIN AND SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING NEAR THE CENTER WITHIN 120 MILES OF 15N150E. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS ARE PRESENT FARTHER FROM THE CENTER BETWEEN 12N AND 20N FROM 146E TO 155E. FOR MORE INFORMATION ON TROPICAL STORM FAXAI...SEE ADVISORIES ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE UNDER WMO HEADER WTPQ31 PGUM AND BULLETINS ISSUED BY THE JOINT TYPHOON WARNING CENTER UNDER WMO HEADER WTPN31 PGTW. A SURFACE TROUGH REACHES NORTHWARD FROM FAXAI TO END EAST OF MINAMI TORI SHIMA NEAR 24N156E. A COLD FRONT EXTENDS SOUTHWESTWARD FROM WEST OF MINAMI TORI SHIMA TO END SOUTHWEST OF IWO TO NEAR 21N137E. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND EXTENSIVE CLOUDINESS ARE SEEN WHERE THESE TWO FEATURES ARE INTERACTING NORTH OF A LINE FROM 20N146E TO 22N155E TO 20N168E. FARTHER WEST...CLOUDINESS AND A FEW SHOWERS ARE NORTH OF THE FRONT TO BEYOND 25N. A SHEAR LINE RUNS WESTWARD FROM NORTHEAST OF THE MARSHALL ISLANDS AT 10N180 TO END NORTHWEST OF KWAJALEIN AT 12N164E. PATCHY CLOUDS AND SHOWERS ARE EVIDENT ALONG AND UP TO 250 MILES NORTH OF THIS BOUNDARY. A TRADE-WIND DISTURBANCE IS GENERATING SCATTERED SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS NEAR KWAJALEIN...MAJURO AND BUTARITARI ATOLLS WITHIN 70 MILES OF A LINE FROM 8N166E TO EQ177E.
Posted on: Tue, 04 Mar 2014 05:06:07 +0000
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