664  
ATPQ40 PGUM 261510  
SIMGUM  
 
SATELLITE INTERPRETATION MESSAGE  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TIYAN GU  
110 AM CHST SUN FEB 27 2022  
 
WESTERN NORTH PACIFIC BETWEEN THE EQUATOR AND 25N FROM 130E TO 180.  
 
TO THE SOUTH OF KOROR A NEAR-EQUATORIAL TROUGH EXTENDS FROM EQUATOR  
AT 148E TO 5N130E. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS ARE  
OCCURRING UP TO 100 MILES FROM A LINE...THAT PASSES SOUTH OF  
KOROR...FROM 6N130E TO 1N149E. TRADEWIND CONVERGENCE JUST NORTH OF  
THE TROUGH...OVER PALAU AND YAP...IS PRODUCING WIDELY SCATTERED  
SHOWERS AND A THUNDERSTORM OR TWO WITHIN AN AREA BETWEEN 7N AND 13N  
FROM 130E TO 142E.  
 
HEAVY SHOWERS ASSOCIATED WITH A TROUGH ARE LOCATED SOUTH OF CHUUK  
AND POHNPEI...FROM 6N154E TO EQ157E...IT IS PRODUCING A COUPLE OF  
THUNDERSTORMS AND SCATTERED SHOWERS UP TO 100 MILES OF THE TROUGH  
AXIS.  
 
EXTENDING FROM A DEVELOPING ITCZ AND ITS ASSOCIATED TRADE-WIND  
CONVERGENCE CLOUDINESS AND PATCHY SHOWERS ARE LOCATED SOUTH OF  
MAJURO AND KWAJALEIN. WITHIN 150 MILES OF A LINE FROM 6N165E TO  
4N180.  
 
EXTENDED FRAGMENTS OF A COLD FRONT TRANSITIONS INTO A SHEAR LINE  
NORTHEAST OF WAKE ISLAND AT 25N180E AND EXTENDS TO THE SOUTHWEST...  
PASSING ACROSS ROTA AND GUAM NEAR 13N144E AND BEGINS TO FRAGMENT...  
EXITING THE REGION AROUND 12N130E. A LINE OF CLOUDINESS AND PATCHY  
SHOWERS ARE OCCURRING ALONG AND UP TO 200 MILES NORTH OF THE  
BOUNDARY.  
 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GUAM WILL DISCONTINUE THE ISSUANCE OF THE  
ATPQ40 PGUM (SIMGUM) EFFECTIVE 1 MAR 2022. IT WILL BE REPLACED BY  
AXPQ20 PGUM (TWDPQ)...WHICH WILL PROVIDE ENHANCED INFORMATION.  
 

 
 
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