WWIO21 KNES 280850 SATELLITE WEATHER BULLETIN SOUTH INDIAN OCEAN METEOSAT-5 IR VIS/IRDAY . DECEMBER 28 2006 0830Z . 9.5S 55.4E T1.5/2.0/W0.5/06HRS 90S . PAST POSITIONS... 9.7S 55.1E 27/2030Z IRNIGHT 9.2S 57.0E 27/0830Z VIS/IRDAY . 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. . POSITION ACCURATE WITHIN 60 NMI. . NEXT BULLETIN WILL BE ISSUED BY 28/1600Z. . FOR AREAL DISPLAY OF RAINFALL POTENTIAL SEE OUR WEB SITE AT HTTP://WWW.SSD.NOAA.GOV/PS/TROP/TRAP-IMG.HTML ALL LOWER CASE LETTERS EXCEPT PS/TROP . GALLINA . NNNN