WWIO21 KNES 262120 SATELLITE WEATHER BULLETIN SOUTH INDIAN OCEAN MET-7 IRNIGHT . MARCH 26 2007 2033Z . 18.6S 116.0E T5.5/5.5/D1.5/24HRS KARA (20S) . PAST POSITIONS...18.1S 115.2E 26/0833Z VIS/IRDAY 17.4S 115.4E 25/2033Z IRNIGHT . REMARKS...SYSTEM APPEARS TO BE CONTINUING IT'S RAPID DEVELOPMENT ATTM AND THE LG EYE IS SURROUNDED BY WHITE FOR A DT=6.0. BUT NOTE THAT THERE IS A FAIRLY SIGNIFICANT BAND OF CONVECTION SEMI- DETACHED TO THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE CYCLONE. SINCE MET IS 5.5 AND PT IS ABOUT 5.5 WILL MAKE FT A 5.5 AT THIS FIX BUT SYSTEM MAY STILL STRENGTHEN IN THE SHORT TERM UNTIL SOME UPPER LEVEL SHEAR MOVES THRU THE REGION AS SEEN ON WATER VAPOR IMAGERY. . POSITION ACCURATE WITHIN 40 NMI. . THE NEXT BULLETIN WILL BE ISSUED BY 27/0400. . 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 . BALDWIN . NNNN