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SATELLITE WEATHER BULLETIN
WEST PACIFIC OCEAN MTSAT VIS/IRDAY 
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JUNE 27 2006     0233Z                             
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17.6N 114.8E     T3.0/3.0/D1.0/24HRS           03W
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PAST POSITIONS...15.2N 115.5E     26/1433Z     IRNIGHT
                 13.9N 119.1E     26/0233Z     VIS/IRDAY
ADDL POSITIONS...16.4N 116.3E     26/2128Z     TRMM 89/37
                 17.1N 115.7E     27/0100Z     SSMIS 91
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REMARKS...TRMM PASS WAS VERY EASY TO FIND LLC AS THE CONVECTION
EVOLVED THE 0100Z SSMIS PASS WAS MORE AMBIGUOUS MAKING FINAL
DETERMINATION OF LLC VERY DIFFICULT FOR THE 0233Z VIS/IR IMAGERY. 
HOWEVER...CENTER HAS REMAINED RELATIVELY CLOSE (JUST EAST) OF THE
MOST SIGNIFICANT CONVECTIVE BURSTS...AND ONE IS OCCURRING RIGHT
NOW...SO FAVORED THAT LOCATION.  PROXIMITY OF CENTER TO THE DEEP
CONVECTION WARRANTS A DT OF 3.5 BASED ON SHEAR PATTERN...HOWEVER
SIGNIFICANT WARMING OF THE SHIELD INDICATES THAT THE AREAL
COVERAGE OF THE DEEP CONVECTION IS NOT SUFFICIENT FOR BANDING OF
3.0 OR MAYBE 2.5 FOR THAT MATTER...SO WILL MAKE PT 3.0 AND MET IS
3.0 SO FT WILL BE BASED ON MET AND PT.  
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POSITION ACCURATE WITHIN 40 NMI.
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THE NEXT BULLETIN WILL BE ISSUED BY 27/1000Z.
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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
ALL LOWER CASE LETTERS EXCEPT PS/TROP    
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