WWIO21 KNES 021002 SATELLITE WEATHER BULLETIN SOUTH INDIAN OCEAN METEOSAT-7 VIS/IRDAY . FEBRUARY 2 2007 0830Z . 17.5S 68.0E T5.0/5.5/W0.5/12HRS DORA (10S) . PAST POSITIONS...16.6S 68.3E 01/2030Z IRNIGHT 15.4S 67.4E 01/0830Z VIS/IRDAY . REMARKS...DORA HAS SHOWN SIGNS OF SOME MODEST WEAKENING PAST 12 HOURS AS OVERALL CLOUD TOP TEMPERATURES HAVE WARMED A BIT AND THERE IS VIRTUALLY NO BANDING. RECENT (05Z) NASA TRMM PASS SUGGESTS SOME EAST-WEST TILT WITH HEIGHT AS PER 37GHz/85GHz COMPARISON. DT=4.5 BASED ON LG SURROUNDING TEMPERATURE WITH -0.5 EYE ADJUSTMENT (LG RING WITH MG EYE). MET AND PT=5.0. FT=5.0 BASED ON MET AND PT. . POSITION ACCURATE WITHIN 30 NMI. . THE NEXT BULLETIN WILL BE ISSUED BY 02/1600Z . 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