WWPS20 KNES 180920
SATELLITE WEATHER BULLETIN
SOUTH PACIFIC OCEAN FY2C   IRNIGHT
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APRIL 18 2006  0833Z   
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13.4S 146.4E      T4.0/4.0/D1.0/24HRS     MONICA(23P)  
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PAST POSITIONS....13.2S 148.5E   17/2033Z   VIS/IRDAY
                  12.2S 150.0E   17/0800Z   IRNIGHT
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REMARKS....PREVIOUS POSITION AT 0233Z WAS TOO FAR NORTH BASED ON
SUBSEQUENT MTSAT AND NASA TRMM DATA. IMAGERY PAST 2 HOURS SHOWS
AN IMPRESSIVE BURST OF VERY COLD TOPPED CONVECTION OVER CENTER OF
SYSTEM. THIS IS ALLOWING FOR UNREALISTICALLY HIGH DT=5.0 BASED ON
EMBEDDED CENTER. MET AND PT=4.0 AND HAVE USED THESE AS BASIS FOR
FT.
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POSITION ACCURATE WITHIN 60 NMI.
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THE NEXT BULLETIN WILL BE ISSUED BY 18/1600Z.               
                    
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 
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