WWPS20 KNES 221409 SATELLITE WEATHER BULLETIN SOUTH PACIFIC OCEAN MTSAT IRNITE . MARCH 22 2006 1333Z . 17.8S 153.9E T4.0/4.5/W0.5/06HRS WATI(18P) . PAST POSITIONS...17.9S 153.9E 22/0233Z VIS/IRDAY 17.5S 154.1E 21/1330Z IRNIGHT ADDL POSITIONS...18.0S 153.5E 22/0715Z TRMM 85/37 17.8S 153.9E 22/1030Z SSMI 85 . REMARKS...CONVECTION HAS WARMED AND DECREASED IN COVERAGE OVER THE LAST FEW HOURS...THOUGH A GOOD CIRCULATION IS QUITE EVIDENT. SYSTEM APPEARS TO HAVE INGESTED SOME DRY AIR ON THE NORTH SIDE...AS CONVECTION IS RELEGATED TO THE SOUTHEASTERN QUADRANT. CENTER IS EMBEDDED IN MG FOR A DT OF 4.0 THOUGH BANDING WOULD BE LESS THAN 1.0. MET IS 4.0. PT IS 3.5. FT IS 4.0 BASED ON DT/MET. CI IS HELD AT 4.5 PER WEAKENING RULES. . POSITION ACCURATE WITHIN 40 NM. . THE NEXT BULLETIN WILL BE ISSUED BY 22/2200Z. . 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 . GALLINA . NNNN