WWPN20 KNES 070340 SATELLITE WEATHER BULLETIN MTSAT VIS/IRDAY WEST PACIFIC OCEAN . AUGUST 07 2006 0233Z . 18.2N 138.8E T5.0/5.0/D1.5/24HRS SAOMAI (08W) . PAST POSITIONS....16.9N 141.1E 06/1433Z IRNIGHT 15.0N 143.5E 06/0233Z VIS/IRDAY . REMARKS....ORGANIZATION HAS INCREASED AND DT=5.0 BASED ON WHITE EMBEDDED CENTER FOR PAST 24 HOURS. MET=4.5. . POSITION ACCURATE WITHIN 40 NMI. . - - - - - - - - . 30.0N 138.6E T3.5/3.5/D0.5/12HRS MARIA (09W) . PAST POSITIONS.... 28.4N 140.3E 06/1433Z IRNIGHT 27.2N 142.0E 06/0233Z VIS/IRDAY . REMARKS.... SYSTEM HAS CONTINUED TO ORGANIZE AND DT=3.5 BASED ON LG EMBEDDED CENTER WITH STRONGEST CONVECTION IN NORTHERN SEMICIRCLE. MET=3.5. . - - - - - - - - . 22.8N 128.3E T3.5/3.5/D1.0/24HRS BOPHA (10W) . PAST POSITIONS 22.5N 129.9E 06/1433Z IRNIGHT 21.6N 131.6E 06/0233Z VIS/IRDAY . REMARKS.... SYSTEM HAS CONTINUED ON MODEL DEVELOPMENT CURVE WITH DT BASED ON 10/10 BANDING. . THE NEXT BULLETIN WILL BE ISSUED BY 07/1000Z. . 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