WWPN20 KNES 140306
SATELLITE WEATHER BULLETIN
WEST PACIFIC OCEAN MTSAT VIS/IRDAY
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DECEMBER 14 2006  0233Z                                   
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18.0N 112.7E     T2.5/3.5/W3.0/24HRS        UTOR (25W)
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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
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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.   
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POSITION ACCURATE WITHIN 40 NMI.
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THIS IS THE LAST BULLETIN ON THIS SYSTEM UNLESS REGENERATION
OCCURS. 
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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    
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GALLINA
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