WWPN20 KNES 061527 SATELLITE WEATHER BULLETIN MTSAT IRNIGHT WEST PACIFIC OCEAN . AUGUST 06 2006 1433Z . 16.9N 141.1E T5.0/5.0/D1.5/24HRS SAOMAI (08W) . PAST POSITIONS...15.0N 143.5E 06/0233Z VIS/IRDAY 12.5N 146.0E 05/1433Z IRNIGHT ADDL POSITIONS...16.1N 142.4E 06/0734Z AMSU 89 16.3N 142.0E 06/1026Z SSMIS 91 16.3N 141.9E 06/1042Z SSMI 85 . REMARKS...MI SHOWS EYE THOUGH IR DOES NOT SHOW A WARM SPOT OR EYE JUST YET THE TOPS A VERY COLD AND THE CDO IS VERY LARGE AND SYMMETRIC AT 2.5 TO 3 DEGREES WIDE. CENTER IS MORE THAN .7 DEGREES INSIDE WHITE FOR A DT OF 5.0. PT IS 5.0. MET IS 4.5. FT IS 5.0 BASED ON DT. . POSITION ACCURATE WITHIN 60NM. . -------------- . 28.4N 140.3E T3.0/3.5/W0.5/06HRS MARIA (09W) . PAST POSITIONS...27.2N 142.0E 06/0233Z VIS/IRDAY 26.3N 144.2E 05/1433Z IRNIGHT ADDL POSITIONS...27.9N 140.9E 06/0737Z AMSU 89 28.1N 140.9E 06/1029Z SSMIS 91 28.1N 140.8E 06/1045Z SSMI 85 . REMARKS...BANDED EYE FEATURE HAS WEAKENED ON THE SW QUAD DUE TO SOME INGESTION OF DRY AIR...AND SO NOW ONLY BANDS .7 ON LOG10 SPIRAL MAKING THE DT A 3.0. MET IS 3.0 WITH THE 12HR WEAKENING TREND AND PT IS 3.0. MAKING FT 3.0 BASED ON DT. CI IS HELD AT 3.5 PER WEAKENING RULES. . POSITION ACCURATE WITHIN 40NM. . --------------- . 22.5N 129.9E T3.0/3.0/D0.5/24HRS BOPHA (10W) . PAST POSITIONS...21.6N 131.6E 06/0233Z VIS/IRDAY 20.8N 131.8E 05/1433Z IRNIGHT ADDL POSITIONS...22.3N 130.8E 06/0916Z AMSU 89 22.1N 130.7E 06/0947Z SSMI 85 . REMARKS...BOPHA IS A VERY RAGGED LOOKING SYSTEM...EITHER WITH A RAGGED EYE OR A RAGGED BAND ITS FEATURES ARE NOT AS SMOOTH AS MARIA. BAND WRAPS .6 ON LOG10 FOR A DT OF 3.0. MET IS 3.5. PT IS 3.0. FT IS 3.0 BASED ON DT. . POSITION ACCURATE WITHIN 40NM. . THE NEXT BULLETIN WILL BE ISSUED BY 06/1400Z . FOR AREAL DISPLAY OF RAINFALL POTENTIAL SEE OUR WEB SITE AT HTTP://WWW.SSD.NOAA.GOV/PS/TROP/TRAP-IMG.HTML . GALLINA . NNNN