WWIO21 KNES 070315 SATELLITE WEATHER BULLETIN SOUTH INDIAN OCEAN MTSAT VIS/IRDAY . MARCH 07 2007 0233Z . 15.0S 119.1E T4.0/4.0/D1.5/12HRS GEORGE (17S) . PAST POSITIONS...14.8S 120.4E 06/1433Z IRNIGHT 14.6S 121.9E 06/0233Z VIS/IRDAY ADDL POSITIONS...14.9S 119.5E 06/2107Z AMSU 89 15.0S 119.6E 06/2128Z WINDSAT 37 15.0S 119.4E 06/2114Z SSMI 85 15.0S 119.4E 06/2230Z SSMI 85 15.0S 119.4E 06/2343Z SSMIS 91 15.0S 119.2E 07/0050Z TRMM 85/37 . REMARKS...EYE VERY EVIDENT IN MICROWAVE IMAGERY HUGGING 15S...AND IS PARTICULARLY STRIKING IN THE 37 GHZ IMAGES. HOWEVER...VIS/IR SHOW A BURSTING CLUSTER NEAR THE CENTER WHICH WILL OBSCURE THE EYE FEATURE. WITH THAT STATED...VIS IMAGERY STILL HAS A VERY STRONG BANDING FEATURE THAT WRAPS 1.0 ON LOG10 FOR A DT OF 4.0. PT IS 4.0. MET IS 3.5. FT IS 4.0 BASED ON DT. . POSITION ACCURATE WITHIN 40 NMI. . ------------------------- . 12.4S 108.1E T3.0/3.0/D1.0/12HRS JACOB (18S) . PAST POSITIONS...13.5S 109.6E 06/1433Z IRNIGHT 14.6S 110.8E 06/0233Z VIS/IRDAY ADDL POSITIONS...12.7S 109.0E 06/2318Z QSCAT AMBIG. 12.4S 108.4E 07/0014Z SSMI 85 12.5S 108.5E 07/0050Z TRMM 85/37 . REMARKS...VERY STRONG CONVECTION WITH JACOB HAS BEEN MAINTAINED FOR NEARLY 12HRS AND VISIBLE IMAGERY SHOWS THAT THE OUTFLOW FROM GEORGE IS STILL RESTRICTING CONVECTION ON THE EASTERN SIDE...THOUGH ITS AFFECTS ARE WANING AS ONLY THE VERY EDGE OF LOW LEVEL CU BANDS CAN BE SEEN. THIS WOULD EMBED THE CENTER INTO DG FOR A SHEAR METHOD OF 3.5 DT AND .8 BANDING WOULD SUPPORT THIS AS WELL. PT IS 3.0. MET IS 3.0. FT IS 3.0 BASED ON PT AS VIS SHOWS SOME RECENT GLACIATION OF CDO. . POSITION ACCURATE WITHIN 40 NMI. . THE NEXT BULLETIN WILL BE ISSUED BY 07/1000Z. . 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 . GALLINA . NNNN