WWPN20 KNES 040342 SATELLITE WEATHER BULLETIN MTSAT VIS/IRDAY WEST PACIFIC OCEAN . OCTOBER 04 2006 0233Z . 17.4N 131.6E T2.5/2.5/S0.0/24HRS BEBINCA (19W) . PAST POSITIONS...18.3N 131.4E 03/1433Z IRNIGHT 15.0N 130.8E 03/0233Z VIS/IRDAY . REMARKS...BEBINCA IS A VERY ELONGATED SYSTEM FROM SSW TO NNE AND MAY ACTUALLY HAVE TWO LLCS WITH EACH POCKET OF DEEP CONVECTION. THIS FIX IS A REPOSITION TO THE SOUTH BASED ON VIS LOOP AND QSCAT PASS. FIX IS ON THE CIRCULATION SPIT OUT OF THE DEEP CONVECTION...AND IT IS LOCATED ABOUT .75 DEGREES FROM THE DEEP CONVECTION FOR A DT OF 2.5. UW-CIMSS SHEAR MAGNITUDE OF 12.5 M/S SUPPORTS USAGE OF SHEAR METHOD. PT IS 2.5 AND MET IS STEADY AT 2.5. FT IS 2.5 BASED ON DT. . POSITION ACCURATE WITHIN 60 NMI. . ----- . 21.9N 153.0E ST2.5/2.5/D1.5/24HRS RUMBIA (97W) . PAST POSITIONS...20.6N 153.1E 03/1433Z IRNIGHT 20.0N 154.0E 03/0233Z VIS/IRDAY . REMARKS...PATTERN OF RUMBIA IS VERY SIMILAR TO ST2.5F ON VISIBLE IMAGERY EXAMPLES ON HEBERT-POTEAT METHOD OF SUBTROPICAL CLASSIFICATIONS. A ST CLASSIFICATION IS SUPPORTED BY LACK OF DEEP CONVECTION NEAR THE CENTER AND A LARGE BAND WELL TO THE EAST OF THE LLC. DEEP CONVECTION IS NOT VERY IMPRESSIVE NEAR THE CENTER BUT THERE IS NOT A ST2.0 IN THE H-P TECHNIQUE...SO THE FT IS ST2.5 BASED ON H-P PT 2.5F. . THE NEXT BULLETIN WILL BE AVAILABLE BY 04/1000Z. . 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