WWPN20 KNES 081600 SATELLITE WEATHER BULLETIN MTSAT IRNIGHT WEST PACIFIC OCEAN . AUGUST 08 2006 1433Z . 22.7N 130.7E T5.0/5.0/S0.0/24HRS SAOMAI (08W) . PAST POSITIONS...21.2N 133.6E 08/0233Z VIS/IRDAY 19.7N 136.1E 07/1433Z IRNIGHT . REMARKS...EMBEDDED CENTER MORE THAN .6 DEGREES WHITE FOR A DT OF 5.0. PT AND MET ARE BOTH 5.0. FT IS 5.O BASED ON DT. . POSITION ACCURATE WITHIN 40NM. . -------------- . 33.7N 137.3E T3.0/4.0/W1.0/06HRS MARIA (09W) . PAST POSITIONS...32.6N 136.4E 08/0233Z VIS/IRDAY 31.6N 137.3E 07/1433Z IRNIGHT . REMARKS...SYSTEM CHARACTERIZED BY A CURVED BAND PATTERN YIELDS 6/10 BANDING FOR A DT OF 3.0. PT AND MET ARE BOTH 3.0. UNABLE TO LOWER CI DUE TO LIMITATIONS. FT OF 3.0 BASED ON DT. . POSITION ACCURATE WITHIN 60NM. . --------------- . 23.2N 122.0E T3.0/3.5/W0.5/06HRS BOPHA (10W) . PAST POSITIONS...23.5N 124.4E 08/0233Z VIS/IRDAY 23.3N 126.1E 07/1433Z IRNIGHT . REMARKS...SYSTEM CLASSIFIED AS A CURVED BAND PATTERN THAT YIELDS 6/10 BANDING FOR A DT OF 3.0. PT AND MET ARE BOTH 3.0. FT OF 3.0 BASED ON DT. . POSITION ACCURATE WITHIN 40NM. . THE NEXT BULLETIN WILL BE ISSUED BY 08/2200Z . FOR AREAL DISPLAY OF RAINFALL POTENTIAL SEE OUR WEB SITE AT HTTP://WWW.SSD.NOAA.GOV/PS/TROP/TRAP-IMG.HTML . BANKS . NNNN