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SATELLITE WEATHER BULLETIN 
SOUTH INDIAN OCEAN METEOSAT-5 IR VIS/IRDAY
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DECEMBER 28 2006   0830Z       
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9.5S 55.4E       T1.5/2.0/W0.5/06HRS      90S          
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PAST POSITIONS... 9.7S 55.1E   27/2030Z   IRNIGHT
                  9.2S 57.0E   27/0830Z   VIS/IRDAY
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REMARKS...90S IS VERY UNORGANIZED WITH THE LLC MOSTLY EXPOSED AND
MORE THAN 1.4 DEGREES FROM THE DEEP CONVECTION ALONG THE SOUTHERN
AND SOUTHWESTERN CONVERGENCE BANDS.  IN FACT THE BANDS SHOW
LITTLE CURVATURE AS THE MAIN CYCLONIC AREA IS QUITE ELONGATED
FROM EAST TO WEST NEARLY 8 DEGREES OF LONGITUDE.  DT IS 1.5 AT
BEST WITH LESS THAN .2 BANDING OR AFOREMENTIONED SHEAR PATTERN.
PT IS 1.5. MET IS 1.5 ON WEAKENING TREND. FT IS 1.5 BASED ON
DT...CI IS HELD AT 2.0 PER WEAKENING RULES.  CONVECTION THOUGH
SHEARED CONTINUES TO BE VIGOROUS AND PERSISTENT...SO THE
DEVELOPMENT POTENTIAL LOOKS TO BE HIGH ESPECIALLY IF THE SHEAR
SLACKENS ANY TIME SOON.    
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POSITION ACCURATE WITHIN 60 NMI.
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NEXT BULLETIN WILL BE ISSUED BY 28/1600Z.    
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FOR AREAL DISPLAY OF RAINFALL POTENTIAL SEE OUR WEB SITE AT
HTTP://WWW.SSD.NOAA.GOV/PS/TROP/TRAP-IMG.HTML
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