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SATELLITE WEATHER BULLETIN
MTSAT VIS/IRNIGHT WEST PACIFIC OCEAN
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AUG 09 2006      2033Z
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26.3N 123.0E     T7.0/7.0/D1.5/24HRS        SAOMAI (08W)
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PAST POSITIONS...25.1N 126.1E   09/0833Z    VIS/IRDAY
                 23.6N 129.2E   08/2033Z    IRNIGHT
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REMARKS...SAOMAI CONTINUES TO STRENGTHEN. CLASSIFICATION USING
EYE PATTERN WITH WHITE SURROUNDING WARM MEDIUM GREY EYE YIELDS DT
OF 7.0.  MET IS 6.5 WITH PT AT 7.0. FINAL-T BASED ON PT AND DT.
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POSITION ACCURATE WITHIN 30 NMI.
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36.9N 143.7E     EXTRATROPICAL              MARIA (09W)
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PAST POSITIONS...36.2N 141.8E   09/0833Z    VIS/IRDAY
                 34.5N 138.5E   08/2033Z    IRNIGHT
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REMARKS...SYSTEM HAS BECOME EXTRATROPICAL.  THIS WILL BE THE LAST
BULLETIN ON MARIA.
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POSITION ACCURATE WITHIN 40 NMI.
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21.8N 115.5E   T1.5/2.0/S0.0/12HRS          BOPHA (10W)       
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PAST POSITIONS...22.1N 118.4E   09/0833Z    VIS/IRDAY
                 23.1N 121.0E   08/2033Z    IRNIGHT 
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REMARKS...LITTLE CHANGE IN SYSTEM OVER PAST 12 HOURS. DT IS 1.5
BASED ON 2 TENTHS BANDING. MET AND PT AGREE.
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POSITION ACCURATE WITHIN 60 NMI.
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THE NEXT BULLETIN WILL BE ISSUED BY 10/0400Z.
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