WWPN20 KNES 070950 SATELLITE WEATHER BULLETIN- MTSAT VIS/IRDAY WEST PACIFIC OCEAN AUGUST 07 2006 0833Z . 18.9N 137.5E T5.0/5.0/D1.0/24HRS SAOMAI (08W) . PAST POSITIONS....17.4N 139.9E 06/2033Z IRNIGHT 15.7N 142.3E 06/0833Z VIS/IRDAY . REMARKS....SYSTEM HAS SLIGHT EYE WITH WHITE RING AND -1.0 FOR EYE DEFINITION YIELDING DT=5.0. EMBEDDED WHITE CENTER ALSO YIELDS DT=5.0 MET ALSO IS 5.0 . POSITION ACCURATE WITHIN 40 NMI. . - - - - - - . 30.7N 138.0E T4.0/4.0/D1.0/12HRS MARIA (90W) . PAST POSITIONS....29.0N 139.5E 06/2033Z IRNIGHT 27.7N 141.2E 06/0833Z VIS/IRDAY . REMARKS....SYSTEM HAS NOW WRAPPED AROUND AND CENTER IS NOW EMBEDDED IN LG YIELDING DT OF 4.5 MET=4.5 HOWEVER ONLY RAISED DT TO 4.0 SINCE SYSTEM WAS 3.5 6 HOURS AGO. . POSITION ACCURATE WITHIN 40 NMI. . - - - - - - . 22.9N 127.6E T3.5/3.5/D1.0/24HRS BOPHA (10W) . PAST POSITIONS.... 22.8N 129.3E 06/2033Z IRNIGHT 21.7N 131.0E 06/0833Z VIS/IRDAY . REMARKS..... SYSTEM CONTINUES TO ORGANIZE AND FOLLOW MET. DT=3.5 BASED ON 10/10 BANDING. MET=3.5. . POSITION ACCURATE WITHING 40 NMI. . THE NEXT BULLETIN WILL BE ISSUED BY 07/1600Z. . 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