WWPS20 KNES 170420       
SATELLITE WEATHER BULLETIN
SOUTH PACIFIC OCEAN FY2C VIS/IRDAY 
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APRIL 17 2006    0300Z                             
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11.5S 149.9E     T2.5/2.5/D1.5/24HRS    MONICA (23P)
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PAST POSITION....9.5S 151.2E    16/1333Z  IRNIGHT
                 8.6S 152.4E    16/0233Z  VIS/IRDAY
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REMARKS....MTSAT DATA OUTAGE SO USING FY2C IMAGERY INSTEAD.
MONICA HAS INTENSIFIED RAPIDLY PAST 24 HOURS. USING CDO PATTERN
WITH 1.5 DEGREE WIDE IRREGULAR CDO AND .5 FOR BANDING GIVES
DT=3.0. FY2C SHOWING VERY COLD TOPS BUT CALIBRATION PROBLEMS
PERSIST AT COLD END. SSMI PASS FROM 2158Z SHOWS GOOD CONVECTIVE
BANDING WITH SOME SEMBLANCE OF AN EYE TRYING TO EMERGE.
EXPERIMENTAL CIRA AMSU INTENSITY ESTIMATE AT 0130Z GAVE T2.5.
FINAL T-NUMBER CONSTRAINTS COME INTO PLAY HERE DURING 1ST 24
HOURS OF DEVELOPMENT SO FT=2.5.
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POSITION ACCURATE WITHIN 40 NMI.
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THE NEXT BULLETIN WILL BE ISSUED BY 24/1000Z.
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FOR AREAL DISPLAY OF RAINFALL POTENTIAL SEE OUR WEB SITE AT
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