WWPN20 KNES 270328 SATELLITE WEATHER BULLETIN WEST PACIFIC OCEAN MTSAT VIS/IRDAY . JUNE 27 2006 0233Z . 17.6N 114.8E T3.0/3.0/D1.0/24HRS 03W . 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 . 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. . POSITION ACCURATE WITHIN 40 NMI. . THE NEXT BULLETIN WILL BE ISSUED BY 27/1000Z. . 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 . . NNNN