WWPS20 KNES 170932 SATELLITE WEATHER BULLETIN SOUTH PACIFIC OCEAN FY2C IRNIGHT . APRIL 17 2006 0800Z . 12.2S 150.0E T3.0/3.0/D2.0/24HRS MONICA(23P) . PAST POSITIONS....10.7S 150.5E 16/2000Z VIS/IRDAY 8.6S 152.1E 16/0833Z IRNIGHT . REMARKS....MONICA HAS DEVELOPED RAPIDLY FROM 24 HOURS PREVIOUS. HAVE CONTINUED TO USE LAST AVAILABLE VIS IMAGERY FOR CDO PATTERN (IR CALIBRATION 25-30 DEGREES C COLDER THAN MODIS TERRA). FY2C VIS IMAGERY SHOWING IRREGULAR CDO GREATER THAN 1.5 DEGREES DIAMETER WITH .5 BANDING GIVING DT=3.5. MOST RECENT AMSU MICROWAVE IMAGERY FROM 0513Z NOT QUITE AS IMPRESSIVE AS EARLIER PASS WITH DECREASE IN OUTER BANDING BUT CORE CONVECTION REMAINING SIMILAR. SEVERAL EXPERIMENTAL AMSU INTENSITY ESTIMATES PAST 6 HOURS CLUSTERED AROUND T3.0. . POSITION ACCURATE WITHIN 60 NMI. . THE NEXT BULLETIN WILL BE ISSUED BY 17/1600Z. 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 . RUMINSKI . NNNN