ATPQ40 PGUM 221451
SIMGUM
SATELLITE INTERPRETATION MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TIYAN GU
100 AM CHST WED MAY 23 2012
WESTERN NORTH PACIFIC BETWEEN EQUATOR AND 25N FROM 130E TO 180.
TROPICAL STORM SANVU (03W) IS CENTERED WEST-NORTHWEST OF GUAM AT 
15N142E AND IS MOVING NORTHWEST AT 12 MPH WITH MAXIMUM SUSTAINED 
WINDS OF 50 MPH. NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE 
FOUND NORTHWEST OF GUAM WITHIN 125 MILES OF THE CENTER OF SANVU. FOR 
MORE INFORMATION ON TROPICAL STORM SANVU...SEE BULLETINS ISSUED BY 
THE JTWC UNDER WMO HEADER WTPN31 PGTW AND BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER 
SERVICE UNDER WMO HEADER WTPQ31 PGUM. 
CONVERGENT WINDS NEAR AND SOUTH TROPICAL STORM SANVU ARE GENERATING 
SCATTERED SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE MARIANAS AND 
BETWEEN YAP AND CHUUK...BETWEEN 2N AND 20N FROM 140E TO 149E. 
NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE FOUND SOUTH OF GUAM 
WITHIN 160 MILES OF 6N145E. 
A COLD FRONT EXTENDS SOUTHWESTWARD FROM 25N140E TO BEYOND 18N130E. 
SCATTERED SHOWERS ARE FOUND ALONG AND UP TO 200 MILES NORTHWEST OF 
THE FRONT. 
CONVERGENT WEST WINDS ARE PRODUCING SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED 
THUNDERSTORMS NEAR KOROR...WEST OF A LINE FROM 9N130E TO 7N137E TO 
3N134E. 
TRADE-WIND CONVERGENCE IS GENERATING SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED 
THUNDERSTORMS OVER KOSRAE FROM SOUTH OF POHNPEI TO SOUTH OF 
MAJURO...WITHIN 170 MILES OF A LINE FROM 3N156E TO 3N170E TO 6N180.
 
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