WWPS20 KNES 180357 SATELLITE WEATHER BULLETIN SOUTH PACIFIC OCEAN MTSAT VIS/IRDAY . APRIL 18 2006 0233Z . 12.5S 147.6E T3.5/3.5/D1.0/24HRS MONICA (23P) . PAST POSITION....12.8S 149.0E 17/1333Z IRNIGHT 11.5S 149.9E 17/0300Z VIS/IRDAY . REMARKS....NO RECENT MICROWAVE DATA TO USE FOR FIX. MONICA HAS DEVELOPED AT NORMAL RATE PAST 24 HOURS. DT=3.5 BASE ON 9 TENTHS BANDING WITH LOW LEVEL CENTER ON NORTHERN EDGE OF COLD CLOUD TOPS IN IR. MET AND PT ALSO AGREE WITH T3.5. . POSITION ACCURATE WITHIN 60 NMI. . THE NEXT BULLETIN WILL BE ISSUED BY 18/1000Z. . 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