WWPN20 KNES 080343 SATELLITE WEATHER BULLETIN MTSAT VIS/IRDAY WEST PACIFIC OCEAN . AUGUST 08 2006 0233Z . 21.2N 133.6E T5.0/5.0/S0.0/24HRS SAOMAI (08W) . PAST POSITIONS....19.7N 136.1E 07/1433Z IRNIGHT 18.2N 138.8E 07/0233Z VIS/IRDAY . REMARKS....LITTLE CHANGE OVER 24 HRS WITH DT=5.0 BASED ON WHITE CLOUD FILLED EYE. . POSITION ACCURATE WITHIN 40 NMI. . - - - - - - - - . 32.6N 136.4E T3.5/4.0/W0.5/12HRS MARIA (09W) . PAST POSITIONS.... 31.6N 137.3E 07/1433Z IRNIGHT 30.0N 138.6E 07/0233Z VIS/IRDAY . REMARKS.... SYSTEM HAS SHEARED ON WESTERN EDGE AND LLC HARD TO FIND DUE TO DEBRIS. STRONGEST CONVECTION IN EASTERN SEMICIRCLE. MET=3.5. . - - - - - - - - . 23.5N 124.4E T3.0/3.5/W0.5/24HRS BOPHA (10W) . PAST POSITIONS 23.3N 126.1E 07/1433Z IRNIGHT 22.8N 128.3E 07/0233Z VIS/IRDAY . REMARKS.... SYSTEM IS A LITTLE MORE SYMMETRICAL OVER 24 HRS HOWEVER HAS WEAKENED IN INTENSITY A LITTLE WITH DT OF 3.0 BASED ON 7/10 BANDING MOST IN SOUTHERN SEMICIRCLE. . THE NEXT BULLETIN WILL BE ISSUED BY 08/1000Z. . 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