WWPN20 KNES 091600 SATELLITE WEATHER BULLETIN MTSAT IRNIGHT WEST PACIFIC OCEAN . AUGUST 09 2006 1433Z . 25.7N 124.5E T7.0/7.0/D2.0/24HRS SAOMAI (08W) . PAST POSITIONS...24.2N 127.6E 09/0233Z VIS/IRDAY 22.7N 130.7E 08/1433Z IRNIGHT . REMARKS...WMG EYE SURROUNDED BY WHITE RING WITH 1.0 ADDED FOR EYE FEATURE YIELDING A DT OF 7.0. PT =7.0 AND MET = 6.5. FINAL-T IS BASED ON DT AND PT. . POSITION ACCURATE WITHIN 30NM. . -------------- . 36.4N 142.6E T2.0/2.5/W1.0/24HRS MARIA (09W) . PAST POSITIONS...35.1N 140.5E 09/0233Z VIS/IRDAY 33.7N 137.3E 08/1433Z IRNIGHT . REMARKS...TRIED TO USE SHEAR PATTERN, BUT YIELDED A MUCH LOWER DT THEN EXPECTED SO CHARACTERIZED SYSTEM BY USING CURVED BAND PATTERN YIELDING 4/10 BANDING FOR A DT OF 2.5. PT AND MET = 2.0. FINAL-T OF 2.0 BASED ON PT AND MET. . POSITION ACCURATE WITHIN 60NM. . --------------- . 22.6N 116.4E T1.5/2.0/W1.5/24HRS BOPHA (10W) . PAST POSITIONS...22.5N 119.4E 09/0233Z VIS/IRDAY 23.2N 122.0E 08/1433Z IRNIGHT . REMARKS...SYSTEM CLASSIFIED AS A CURVED BAND PATTERN THAT YIELDS 2/10 BANDING FOR A DT OF 1.5. PT =1.5 AND MET = 2.0. FINAL-T OF 1.5 BASED ON DT AND PT. . POSITION ACCURATE WITHIN 60NM. . THE NEXT BULLETIN WILL BE ISSUED BY 09/2200Z . FOR AREAL DISPLAY OF RAINFALL POTENTIAL SEE OUR WEB SITE AT HTTP://WWW.SSD.NOAA.GOV/PS/TROP/TRAP-IMG.HTML . J KIBLER . NNNN