WWPN20 KNES 162128     
SATELLITE WEATHER BULLETIN
MTSAT VIS/IRNIGHT WEST PACIFIC OCEAN         
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SEPTEMBER 16 2006     2033Z         
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29.6N 127.5E     T5.5/6.0/W1.0/24HRS        SHANSHAN (14W)
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PAST POSITIONS...26.4N 125.3E   16/0833Z    VIS/IRDAY  
                 24.4N 123.9E   15/2033Z    IRNIGHT
ADDL POSITIONS...28.5N 126.9E   16/1726Z    AMSRE 89/36
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REMARKS...SHANSHAN IS ACCELERATING TOWARD SW JAPAN AND THE LOW
LEVEL AND MID LEVEL CIRCULATIONS APPEAR TO BE READY TO SEPARATE
PER AMSRE IMAGE...IF IT HAS NOT ALREADY BEGUN.  OW CENTER IS
EMBEDDED IN LG FOR EYE NO OF 5.0 AND EYE ADJ OF .5 IS ADDED FOR
SURROUNDING B RING FOR A DT OF 5.5. PT IS 5.5. MET IS WEAKENING
FOR 5.5. FT IS 5.5 BASED ON DT. CI IS HELD AT 6.0 PER RULES.    
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POSITION ACCURATE WITHIN 30 NMI.
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20.2N 155.4E     T2.0/2.0/D1.5/24HRS        96W
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PAST POSITIONS...19.3N 154.5E   16/0833Z    VIS/IRDAY  
                 19.9N 154.0E   16/0233Z    VIS/IRDAY
ADDL POSITIONS...20.5N 155.6E   16/1551Z    AMSRE 89/36
                 20.3N 155.8E   16/1656Z    AMSU 89
                 20.1N 156.0E   16/1859Z    QSCAT AMBG. 
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REMARKS...VERY IMPRESSIVE CONVECTIVE CLUSTER IS SHEARED TO THE SE
OF THE CIRCULATION. VISIBLE IMAGERY AND QSCAT ANALYSIS SHOW AN
ELONGATED LLC FROM W-E... MI SHOWS LLC NEAR CONVECTION BUT
CLASSIFICATION POSITION DOES NOT REFLECT DUE TO CURVATURE OF THE
EXPOSED LL CU BANDS WEST OF 155E...  USING BANDING THE CONVECTION
WRAPS .3 AND .5 FOR WHITE FOR DT OF 2.0 AND SHEAR TECHNIQUE IS
1.4 DEGREES FROM DEEP CONVECTION FOR SUPPORT. PT IS 2.0. MET IS
1.5. FT IS 2.0 BASED ON PT.        
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POSITION ACCURATE WITHIN 60 NMI.
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THE NEXT BULLETIN WILL BE ISSUED BY 17/0400Z.
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