WWPN20 KNES 051543 SATELLITE WEATHER BULLETIN MTSAT IRNIGHT WEST PACIFIC OCEAN . AUGUST 05 2006 1433Z . 12.5N 146.0E T3.5/3.5/D2.0/24HRS SAOMAI (08W) . PAST POSITIONS...10.7N 147.7E 05/0233Z VIS/IRDAY 8.8N 150.4E 04/1433Z IRNIGHT ADDL POSITIONS...11.9N 146.9E 05/0756Z AMSU 89 11.9N 147.0E 05/0817Z SSMI 85 12.2N 147.0E 05/1037Z SSMIS 91/37 12.3N 146.4E 05/1207Z AMSU 89 . REMARKS...TWO IMPRESSIVE BANDS OF COLD CONVECTION SURROUND THE CENTER OF SAOMAI...THE INNER BAND WRAPS .9 ON LOG10 FOR DT OF 3.5. PT IS 3.5. MET IS 2.5. FT IS 3.5 BASED ON DT. . POSITION ACCURATE WITHIN 60NM. . -------------- . 26.3N 144.2E T2.5/2.5/D1.0/24HRS MARIA (90W) . PAST POSITIONS...25.2N 146.8E 05/0233Z VIS/IRDAY 24.3N 148.1E 04/1433Z IRNIGHT ADDL POSITIONS...25.9N 145.3E 05/0821Z SSMI 85 26.2N 144.5E 05/1041Z SSMIS 91 26.3N 144.6E 05/1041Z SSMIS 37 26.5N 144.4E 05/1208Z AMSU 89 . REMARKS...DEEP CONVECTION BALLING UP NEAR THE LLC POSSIBLY WRAPPING INTO A MIDGET CYCLONE...THE CONVECTION WRAPS .5 ON LOG10 FOR A DT OF 2.5 THOUGH SHEAR METHOD WOULD BE 3.5. MET IS 2.5. PT IS 2.5. FT OF 2.5 IS BASED ON DT. . POSITION ACCURATE WITHIN 60NM. . --------------- . 20.8N 131.8E T2.5/2.5/D2.0/24HRS 91W . PAST POSITIONS...20.1N 133.3E 05/0233Z VIS/IRDAY ADDL POSITIONS...20.2N 132.4E 05/1041Z SSMIS 91 20.4N 132.2E 05/1059Z SSMI 85 . REMARKS...VERY SIMILAR LOOK TO MARIA...BUT CONVECTION IS LESS BANDED AND IS ONLY ON ONE QUADRANT...THE WEST SIDE...MOST LIKELY ON TWO BANDS. DT IS 2.5 BASED ON .4 BANDING. PT IS 2.5. MET IS 1.5. FT IS 2.5 BASED ON DT. . POSITION ACCURATE WITHIN 60NM. . THE NEXT BULLETIN WILL BE ISSUED BY 05/1400Z . FOR AREAL DISPLAY OF RAINFALL POTENTIAL SEE OUR WEB SITE AT HTTP://WWW.SSD.NOAA.GOV/PS/TROP/TRAP-IMG.HTML . GALLINA/SPAMPATA . NNNN