WWPN20 KNES 141527 SATELLITE WEATHER BULLETIN MTSAT IRNIGHT WEST PACIFIC OCEAN . AUGUST 14 2006 1433Z . 26.9N 138.5E T3.5/3.5/D1.0/24HRS WUKONG (11W) . PAST POSITIONS...26.4N 137.1E 14/0233Z VIS/IRDAY 26.0N 137.9E 13/1433Z IRNIGHT ADDL POSITIONS...26.3N 138.1E 14/0747Z AMSU 89 26.7N 138.4E 14/1022Z SSMI 85 26.6N 138.3E 14/1029Z SSMIS 91 . REMARKS...CONVECTION OF WUKONG LOOKING BETTER IN BOTH INTENSITY AND CURVATURE. .8 WAS MEASURED FOR A DT OF 3.5. PT IS 3.5 AND MET IS 3.5. FT IS 3.5 BASED ON DT. . POSITION ACCURATE WITHIN 60NM. . -------------------- . 20.2N 133.2E T3.0/3.0/D1.5/24HRS SONAMU (12W) . PAST POSITIONS...18.2N 130.7E 14/0233Z VIS/IRDAY 17.4N 126.9E 13/1433Z IRNIGHT ADDL POSITIONS...19.2N 132.0E 14/0933Z SSMI 85/37 . REMARKS...MICROWAVE IMAGERY SHOWED AN EYE PATTERN AT 0933Z BUT IR PATTERN ONLY HINTS AT WEAK WARM TOPPED CONVECTION ON THE NORTH AND EAST SIDE WITH LIMITED CONVECTION ON THE NORTHEAST SIDE. LOG10 MEASURES .55 FOR A DT OF 2.5. SHEAR FROM WUKONG COULD LEAD TO A SHEAR PATTERN RESULTING IN A DT OF 3.0. PT IS 3.0. MET IS 2.5. FT IS 3.0 BASED ON PT AND SHEAR DT. . POSITION ACCURATE WITHIN 60NM. . 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 . GALLINA . NNNN