WWPN20 KNES 060350 SATELLITE WEATHER BULLETIN MTSAT VIS/IRDAY WEST PACIFIC OCEAN . AUGUST 06 2006 0233Z . 15.0N 143.5E T3.5/3.5/D1.5/24HRS SAOMAI (08W) . PAST POSITIONS....12.5N 146.0E 05/1433Z IRNIGHT 10.7N 147.7E 05/0233Z VIS/IRDAY . REMARKS.... CONVECTION HAS DEEPENED AND DT=4.5 BASED ON LG EMBEDDED CENTER HOWEVER MET=3.0 SO HELD FT TO 3.5. . POSITION ACCURATE WITHIN 40 NMI. . - - - - - - - - . 27.2N 142.0E T3.5/3.5/D1.5/24HRS MARIA (09W) . PAST POSITIONS.... 26.3N 144.2E 05/1433Z IRNIGHT 25.2N 146.9E 05/0233Z VIS/IRDAY . REMARKS.... SYSTEM HAS CONTINUED TO ORGANIZE AND DT=3.5 BASED ON 9/10 BANDING. MET=3.0 HOWEVER FT=3.5. . - - - - - - - - . 21.6N 131.6E T2.5/2.5/S0.0/12HRS (91W) . PAST POSITIONS 20.8N 131.8E 05/1433Z IRNIGHT 20.1N 133.3E 05/0233Z VIS/IRDAY . REMARKS.... SYSTEM HAS CONTINUED MODEL DEVELOPMENT HOWEVER LOOKS SAME OVER 12 HRS. DT=2.5 BASED ON 5/10 BANDING. . THE NEXT BULLETIN WILL BE ISSUED BY 06/1000Z. . 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 . GLS . NNNN