WWPN20 KNES 101520 SATELLITE WEATHER BULLETIN MTSAT IRNIGHT WEST PACIFIC OCEAN . DECEMBER 10 2006 1433Z . 12.9N 118.3E T4.5/5.0/S0.0/06HRS UTOR(25W) . PAST POSITIONS...12.4N 121.1E 10/0233Z VIS/IRDAY 11.9N 123.1E 09/1433Z IRNIGHT . REMARKS...SYSTEM IS ONCE AGAIN STRENGTHENING OVER THE PAST FEW HOURS AS IT MOVES OUT INTO THE OPEN WATERS OF THE SOUTH CHINA SEA. BUT CENTER IS ONLY EMBEDDED IN OW WITH DEVELOPING BANDING TO THE EAST FOR A DT=4.0. THE MET AND PT WILL REMAIN AT 4.5 OVER THE PAST 6 HOURS EVEN THOUGH THERE IS DEVELOPMENT IN THE LAST 3 HOURS. FT IS 4.5. . POSITION ACCURATE WITHIN 60 NMI. . NEXT BULLETIN WILL BE ISSUED BY 10/2200Z. . 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 . BALDWIN . NNNN