WWPN20 KNES 080950 SATELLITE WEATHER BULLETIN- MTSAT VIS/IRDAY WEST PACIFIC OCEAN AUGUST 08 2006 0833Z . 22.0N 132.2E T5.0/5.0/S0.0/24HRS SAOMAI (08W) . PAST POSITIONS....20.6N 134.8E 07/2033Z IRNIGHT 18.9N 137.5E 07/0833Z 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 30 NMI. . - - - - - - . 33.5N 137.0E T4.0/4.0/D1.0/12HRS MARIA (90W) . PAST POSITIONS....32.1N 136.3E 07/2033Z IRNIGHT 30.7N 138.0E 07/0833Z 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. . - - - - - - . 23.7N 123.1E T3.5/3.5/D1.0/24HRS BOPHA (10W) . PAST POSITIONS.... 23.4N 125.5E 07/2033Z IRNIGHT 22.9N 127.6E 07/0833Z VIS/IRDAY . 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. . POSITION ACCURATE WITHING 40 NMI. . THE NEXT BULLETIN WILL BE ISSUED BY 08/1600Z. . 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