WWPN20 KNES 020328 SATELLITE WEATHER BULLETIN WEST PACIFIC OCEAN MTSAT VIS/IRDAY . DECEMBER 02 2006 0233Z . 13.9N 116.8E T3.0/3.5/W0.5/12HRS DURIAN (24W) . PAST POSITIONS...13.9N 118.0E 01/1433Z IRNIGHT 13.5N 119.8E 01/0233Z VIS/IRDAY ADDL POSITIONS...13.7N 117.6E 01/2201Z AMSU 89 13.6N 117.4E 01/2221Z WINDSAT 36 13.7N 117.0E 01/2307Z SSMI 85 . REMARKS...THOUGH CONVECTION APPEARS TO WRAPPING UP BETTER THE OVERALL CLOUD TOP TEMPS HAVE WARMED SIGNIFICANTLY AND VISIBLE PRESENTATION SHOWS HIGH AMOUNTS OF GLACIATION WITH NO HARD CUMULIFORM TOPS ESPECIALLY ON THE SOUTHERN HALF OF THE CIRCULATION. SO WILL USE VISIBLE AND BANDING OF HARDER LOOKING TOPS FROM SW TO ENE FOR .7 BANDING OR DT OF 3.0. VIS IMAGE LOOKS VERY SIMILAR TO 0233Z IMAGE LAST NIGHT FOR A PT OF 3.5 AND SO MET IS STEADY OVER 24 FOR 3.5. HOWEVER...DUE TO WARMING APPEARANCE WILL CONTINUE TO LEAVE FT 3.0 AND CI 3.5 AND GIVE DURIAN 6 MORE HOURS TO FIGURE OUT WHICH DIRECTION IT WANTS TO GO INTENSITY- WISE. . POSITION ACCURATE WITHIN 60 NMI. . THE NEXT BULLETIN WILL BE ISSUED BY 02/1000Z. . 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 .