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SATELLITE WEATHER BULLETIN-
MTSAT VIS/IRDAY WEST PACIFIC OCEAN
AUGUST 08 2006    0833Z
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22.0N 132.2E      T5.0/5.0/S0.0/24HRS       SAOMAI (08W)
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PAST POSITIONS....20.6N 134.8E   07/2033Z   IRNIGHT
                  18.9N 137.5E   07/0833Z   VIS/IRDAY
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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 
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POSITION ACCURATE WITHIN 30 NMI.
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33.5N 137.0E      T4.0/4.0/D1.0/12HRS       MARIA (90W)
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PAST POSITIONS....32.1N 136.3E   07/2033Z   IRNIGHT
                  30.7N 138.0E   07/0833Z   VIS/IRDAY
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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.  
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POSITION ACCURATE WITHIN 40 NMI.
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23.7N 123.1E       T3.5/3.5/D1.0/24HRS       BOPHA (10W)
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PAST POSITIONS.... 23.4N 125.5E   07/2033Z   IRNIGHT
                   22.9N 127.6E   07/0833Z   VIS/IRDAY
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REMARKS..... NORTHERN SEMICIRCLE OF CONVECTION NOW OVER LAND
HOWEVER CENTER IS NO LONGER AS SHEARED SO HAD TO RAISE FT TO 3.5
BASED ON 10/10 WRAP. 
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POSITION ACCURATE WITHING 40 NMI.
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THE NEXT BULLETIN WILL BE ISSUED BY 08/1600Z.
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GLS 
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