WWIO21 KNES 021002
SATELLITE WEATHER BULLETIN 
SOUTH INDIAN OCEAN METEOSAT-7 VIS/IRDAY
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FEBRUARY 2 2007  0830Z       
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17.5S 68.0E      T5.0/5.5/W0.5/12HRS      DORA (10S)        
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PAST POSITIONS...16.6S 68.3E   01/2030Z   IRNIGHT
                 15.4S 67.4E   01/0830Z   VIS/IRDAY
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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.
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POSITION ACCURATE WITHIN 30 NMI.
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THE NEXT BULLETIN WILL BE ISSUED BY 02/1600Z 
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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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