WWPN20 KNES 140306 SATELLITE WEATHER BULLETIN WEST PACIFIC OCEAN MTSAT VIS/IRDAY . DECEMBER 14 2006 0233Z . 18.0N 112.7E T2.5/3.5/W3.0/24HRS UTOR (25W) . PAST POSITIONS...17.5N 112.9E 13/1433Z IRNIGHT 16.6N 112.4E 13/0233Z VIS/IRDAY ADDL POSITIONS...17.8N 112.0E 13/2337Z SSMI 85 . REMARKS...SYSTEM HAS BEEN DEVOID OF SIGNIFICANT CONVECTION FOR OVER 12HRS. CIMSS AMSU BARELY SHOWS A WARM CORE IN THE CH5 AND 6 LEVELS OR 550 TO 350 MB LAYER BUT NOTHING IN THE MAIN CHANNELS (7 AND 8) FOR PRESSURE ESTIMATIONS...BUT 2237Z QUIKSCAT STILL SHOWED A FIELD OF 40 TO 50 KT WINDS AROUND THE CENTER. THIS RAPID WEAKENING WITH UTOR IS SIMILAR TO SYSTEMS IN THE EPAC WHEN THE TC TRAVERSES COLD WATER. INTERMITTENT BURST OF CONVECTION ARE STILL POSSIBLE...BUT FOR DVORAK PURPOSES THE SYSTEM IS TOO WEAK TO CLASSIFY. HOWEVER... MET WOULD BE 3.5 PER RAPID WEAKENING. DT AND PT ARE LESS THAN 1.0 THOUGH THIS WOULD BREAK RULES (TOO FAR FROM MET). FT IS 2.5 AND CI IS 3.5 TO MATCH WIND ESTIMATES FROM QSCAT...BUT THIS WILL BE THE LAST BULLETIN ON UTOR UNLESS PERSISTENT CONVECTION REDEVELOPS. THE LLC MAY BE TRACKED FOR POSTERITY BUT FOR LITTLE ELSE. . POSITION ACCURATE WITHIN 40 NMI. . THIS IS THE LAST BULLETIN ON THIS SYSTEM UNLESS REGENERATION OCCURS. . 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