From owner-wx-tropl@LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU Sat Oct 16 11:26:51 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 o9G3QowS023564 for ; Sat, 16 Oct 2010 11:26:51 +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 o9FFhbin022943; Fri, 15 Oct 2010 22:26:31 -0500 (CDT) Received: by LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU (LISTSERV-TCP/IP release 14.5) with spool id 3909884 for WX-TROPL@LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU; Fri, 15 Oct 2010 22:26:31 -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 o9G3QV7d026753 for ; Fri, 15 Oct 2010 22:26:31 -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 o9G3QNme007406 for ; Fri, 15 Oct 2010 22:26:30 -0500 (CDT) Received: by weather3.admin.niu.edu (Postfix, from userid 501) id C092540501A6; Fri, 15 Oct 2010 22:26:23 -0500 (CDT) X-Proofpoint-Spam-Reason: safe Message-ID: <20101016032623.C092540501A6@weather3.admin.niu.edu> Date: Fri, 15 Oct 2010 22:26:23 -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 575 ATPQ40 PGUM 160326 SIMGUM SATELLITE INTERPRETATION MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TIYAN GU 100 PM 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 18N132E. MEGI HAS MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS OF 105 MPH AND IS MOVING WEST-NORTHWEST AT 17 MPH. SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING NEAR THE CENTER BETWEEN 14N AND 22N FROM 130E 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. CONVERGENT WINDS SOUTH AND EAST OF TYPHOON MEGI ARE PRODUCING SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS BETWEEN 4N AND 14N FROM 130E TO 139E. THIS AREA INCLUDES KOROR AND YAP. A SURFACE TROUGH REACHES NORTHEASTWARD FROM 3N156E THROUGH A WEAK CIRCULATION CENTERED NORTHWEST OF ENEWETAK ATOLL AT 14N159E TO END NEAR WAKE ISLAND AT 23N162E. COMBINING WITH UPPER-LEVEL DIVERGENCE IN THE VICINITY...SCATTERED SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS ARE SEEN NEAR THE SOUTHERN END OF THE TROUGH OR AROUND CHUUK AND OVER POHNPEI BETWEEN 2N AND 10N FROM 146E TO 159E. SIMILAR WEATHER IS FOUND FARTHER NORTHEAST...NEAR WAKE ISLAND WITHIN 150 MILES OF A LINE FROM 15N172E TO 23N161E. TRADE-WIND CONVERGENCE IS TRIGGERING SCATTERED SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS NEAR KWAJALEIN AND AROUND MAJURO BETWEEN 3N AND 12N FROM 165E TO 177E. $$ +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ 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.