From owner-wx-tropl@LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU Fri Oct 15 23:49:45 2010 Received: from vacuum.cso.uiuc.edu (vacuum.cso.uiuc.edu [128.174.5.113]) by cozumel.ust.hk (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id o9FFniJ0020143 for ; Fri, 15 Oct 2010 23:49:45 +0800 Received: from vacuum.cso.uiuc.edu (vacuum.cso.uiuc.edu [128.174.5.113]) by vacuum.cso.uiuc.edu (8.14.2/8.14.2) with ESMTP id o9FFhb7H022943; Fri, 15 Oct 2010 10:49:16 -0500 (CDT) Received: by LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU (LISTSERV-TCP/IP release 14.5) with spool id 3903409 for WX-TROPL@LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU; Fri, 15 Oct 2010 10:49:15 -0500 Received: from relay07.cites.uiuc.edu (relay07.cites.uiuc.edu [128.174.4.73]) by vacuum.cso.uiuc.edu (8.14.2/8.14.2) with ESMTP id o9FFnFIK029379 for ; Fri, 15 Oct 2010 10:49:15 -0500 (CDT) Received: from weather3.admin.niu.edu (weather3.admin.niu.edu [131.156.8.48]) by relay07.cites.uiuc.edu (8.14.4/8.14.2) with ESMTP id o9FFn9TM010483 for ; Fri, 15 Oct 2010 10:49:15 -0500 (CDT) Received: by weather3.admin.niu.edu (Postfix, from userid 501) id 0751C40501A6; Fri, 15 Oct 2010 10:49:08 -0500 (CDT) X-Proofpoint-Spam-Reason: safe Message-ID: <20101015154909.0751C40501A6@weather3.admin.niu.edu> Date: Fri, 15 Oct 2010 10:49:08 -0500 Reply-To: wxmaster@COX.NET Sender: WX-TROPL Tropical Storm and Hurricane WX products From: LDM Weather Subject: Western Pacific: Satellite Interpretation Message To: WX-TROPL@LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU Precedence: list 900 ATPQ40 PGUM 151548 SIMGUM SATELLITE INTERPRETATION MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TIYAN GU 100 AM CHST SAT OCT 16 2010 WESTERN NORTH PACIFIC BETWEEN EQUATOR AND 25N FROM 130E TO 180. TYPHOON MEGI (15W) IS CENTERED NORTH-NORTHWEST OF YAP AT 16N135E. MEGI HAS MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS OF 105 MPH AND IS MOVING NORTHWEST AT 13 MPH. SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING NEAR THE CENTER BETWEEN 15N AND 20N FROM 132E TO 140E. FOR MORE INFORMATION ON TYPHOON MEGI...SEE ADVISORIES ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE UNDER WMO HEADER WTPQ31 PGUM AND JTWC BULLETINS UNDER WMO HEADER WTPN31 PGTW. A MONSOON TROUGH EXTENDS SOUTHEASTWARD FROM LUZON THROUGH A WEAK CIRCULATION CENTERED NORTHWEST OF KOROR AT 10N131E TO END AT 1N142E. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING NEAR THE MONSOON TROUGH JUST WEST OF KOROR WITHIN 65 MILES OF A LINE FROM 5N133E TO 11N134E...AND ALSO WEST OF YAP WITHIN 50 MILES OF A LINE FROM 9N136E TO 13N137E. TRADE WINDS CONVERGING TOWARD THE SOUTHEASTERN END OF THE MONSOON TROUGH ARE CAUSING SCATTERED SHOWERS SOUTHWEST OF CHUUK BETWEEN 1N AND 5N FROM 144E TO 150E. A SURFACE TROUGH REACHES NORTHEASTWARD FROM 2N156E THROUGH A WEAK CIRCULATION CENTERED NORTHWEST OF ENEWETAK ATOLL AT 15N161E TO END NEAR WAKE ISLAND AT 23N166E. COMBINING WITH UPPER-LEVEL DIVERGENCE IN THE VICINITY... SCATTERED SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS ARE SEEN NEAR THE SOUTHERN END OF THE TROUGH OR SOUTH OF CHUUK BETWEEN 1N AND 6N FROM 150E TO 158E...AND OVER POHNPEI WITHIN 50 MILES OF A LINE FROM 7N158E TO 10N160E. SIMILAR WEATHER IS ALSO FOUND FARTHER NORTHEAST...NORTH OF KOSRAE WITHIN 50 MILES OF A LINE FROM 9N163E TO 13N164E...AND SOUTH OF WAKE ISLAND WITHIN 105 MILES OF A LINE FROM 19N163E TO 15N166E TO 16N173E. TRADE-WIND CONVERGENCE IS TRIGGERING SCATTERED SHOWERS JUST SOUTH OF MAJURO WITHIN 60 MILES OF A LINE FROM 6N170E TO 6N177E. $$ CHAN +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ To unsubscribe from WX-TROPL send e-mail to LISTSERV@LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU with "unsub wx-tropl" in the body of your message. For help with WX-TROPL write to cnovy@cox.net. For more information on tropical weather products, see the NHC Homepage at http://www.nhc.noaa.gov.