WWIO21 KNES 311002 SATELLITE WEATHER BULLETIN SOUTH INDIAN OCEAN METEOSAT-7 VIS/IRDAY . JANUARY 31 2007 0830Z . 13.8S 65.9E T4.0/4.5/W0.5/06HRS DORA (10S) . PAST POSITIONS...13.4S 65.7E 30/2030Z IRNIGHT 13.0S 65.4E 30/0830Z VIS/IRDAY . REMARKS...DORA APPEARS TO HAVE WEAKENED A BIT PAST 6 HOURS AS COLD CLOUD TOPS SURROUNDING CENTER HAVE DIMINISHED. ANIMATED METEOSAT-7 IMAGERY REVEALS CLOUD FILLED RAGGED EYE THAT WAS PARTIALLY OPEN IN THE SOUTHWEST QUADRANT OF EYEWALL. THIS CONFIRMED BY RECENT NASA TRMM PASS FROM 0650Z. DT=4.0 BASED ON « DEGREE EMBEDDED DISTANCE WITH -0.5 FOR RAGGED EYE AND +0.5 FOR BANDING FEATURTE. MET=3.5 AND PT=4.0. FT=4.0 BASED ON DT AND PT. . POSITION ACCURATE WITHIN 30 NMI. . THE NEXT BULLETIN WILL BE ISSUED BY 31/1600Z . 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