WWPN20 KNES 092200 SATELLITE WEATHER BULLETIN MTSAT VIS/IRNIGHT WEST PACIFIC OCEAN . AUG 09 2006 2033Z . ===== . 26.3N 123.0E T7.0/7.0/D1.5/24HRS SAOMAI (08W) . PAST POSITIONS...25.1N 126.1E 09/0833Z VIS/IRDAY 23.6N 129.2E 08/2033Z IRNIGHT . 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. . POSITION ACCURATE WITHIN 30 NMI. . ===== . 36.9N 143.7E EXTRATROPICAL MARIA (09W) . PAST POSITIONS...36.2N 141.8E 09/0833Z VIS/IRDAY 34.5N 138.5E 08/2033Z IRNIGHT . REMARKS...SYSTEM HAS BECOME EXTRATROPICAL. THIS WILL BE THE LAST BULLETIN ON MARIA. . POSITION ACCURATE WITHIN 40 NMI. . ===== . 21.8N 115.5E T1.5/2.0/S0.0/12HRS BOPHA (10W) . PAST POSITIONS...22.1N 118.4E 09/0833Z VIS/IRDAY 23.1N 121.0E 08/2033Z IRNIGHT . REMARKS...LITTLE CHANGE IN SYSTEM OVER PAST 12 HOURS. DT IS 1.5 BASED ON 2 TENTHS BANDING. MET AND PT AGREE. . POSITION ACCURATE WITHIN 60 NMI. . ===== . THE NEXT BULLETIN WILL BE ISSUED BY 10/0400Z. . 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 . . NNNN