WWPN20 KNES 060950 SATELLITE WEATHER BULLETIN- MTSAT VIS/IRDAY WEST PACIFIC OCEAN . AUGUST 06 2006 0833Z . 15.7N 142.3E T4.0/4.0/D1.5/24HRS SAOMAI (08W) . PAST POSITIONS....13.8N 144.7E 05/2033Z IRNIGHT 11.3N 147.0E 05/0833Z VIS/IRDAY . REMARKS....ORGANIZATION AND CONVECTION STRONGER WITH DT OF 5.0 BASED ON EMBEDDED WHITE CENTER HOWEVER MET=3.5 SO HELD FT TO 4.0 SINCE NO EYE FEATURE YET. . POSITION ACCURATE WITHIN 40 NMI. . - - - - - - . 27.7N 141.2E T3.5/3.5/D1.0/24HRS MARIA (90W) . PAST POSITIONS....26.7N 143.1E 05/2033Z IRNIGHT 25.2N 146.8E 05/0833Z VIS/IRDAY . REMARKS....WRAP IS TIGHTER SINCE YESTERDAY AND DT=3.5 BASED ON 9/10 BANDING. MET=3.5 . POSITION ACCURATE WITHIN 40 NMI. . - - - - - - . 21.7N 131.0E T2.5/2.5/D1.0/24HRS BOPHA (10W) . PAST POSITIONS.... 21.3N 131.7E 05/2033Z IRNIGHT 20.1N 133.0E 05/0833Z VIS/IRDAY . REMARKS..... SYSTEM CONTINUES TO ORGANIZE WITH FT OF 2.5 BASED ON 5/10 BANDING ALL IN NORTHERN SEMICIRCLE. MET=2.5. . POSITION ACCURATE WITHING 40 NMI. . THE NEXT BULLETIN WILL BE ISSUED BY 05/1600Z. . 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 . GLS . NNNN