WWPN20 KNES 090337 SATELLITE WEATHER BULLETIN MTSAT VIS/IRDAY WEST PACIFIC OCEAN . AUGUST 09 2006 0233Z . ===== . 24.2N 127.6E T6.0/6.0/D1.0/24HRS SAOMAI (08W) . PAST POSITIONS....22.7N 130.7E 08/1433Z IRNIGHT 21.2N 133.6E 08/0233Z VIS/IRDAY . REMARKS....OW EYE SURROUNDED BY W RINGS RESULTS IN A DT OF 6.5. MET AND PT ARE 6.0. FT BASED ON MET. . POSITION ACCURATE WITHIN 30 NMI. . ===== . 35.1N 140.5E T3.0/3.5/W0.5/24HRS MARIA (09W) . PAST POSITIONS....33.7N 137.3E 08/1433Z IRNIGHT 32.6N 136.4E 08/0233Z VIS/IRDAY . REMARKS....CENTER IS LESS THAN 0.5 DEGREE FROM THE EDGE OF ACTIVE CONVECTION RESULTING IN A DT OF 3.0. PT AGREES WHILE MET IS 2.5. FT BASED ON DT. . POSITION ACCURATE WITHIN 40 NMI. . ===== . 22.5N 119.4E T2.5/3.0/W0.5/24HRS BOPHA (10W) . PAST POSITIONS 23.2N 122.0E 08/1433Z IRNIGHT 23.5N 124.4E 08/0233Z VIS/IRDAY . REMARKS....CENTER IS DIFFICULT TO DISCERN IN RECENT MICROWAVE IMAGERY. CONVECTION MEASURES 0.5 TIGHTLY WRAPPED JUST SOUTHWEST OF CENTER RESULTING IN A DT OF 2.5. PT AGREES WHILE MET IS 2.0. FT BASED ON DT. . POSITION ACCURATE WITHIN 60 NMI. . ===== . THE NEXT BULLETIN WILL BE ISSUED BY 09/1000Z. . 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 . TURK . NNNN