WWPS20 KNES 060358 SATELLITE WEATHER BULLETIN SOUTH PACIFIC OCEAN MTSAT VIS/IRDAY . FEBRUARY 06 2007 0230Z . 15.8S 139.5E T2.5/2.5/D0.5/12HRS NELSON (12P) . PAST POSITIONS...16.0S 138.7E 05/1433Z IRNIGHT OVERLAND 05/0233Z VIS/IRDAY . REMARKS....NELSON CONTINUES TO INTENSIFY OVER THE SOUTHERN WATERS OF THE GULF. DEEP CONVECTION NEAR THE CENTER HAS BEEN PERSISTENT FOR MORE THAN 6 HOURS AND CONVECTIVE BANDING HAS BEEN MAINTAINED. IT APPEARS THAT CONVECTION IS TRYING TO WRAP AROUND NORTH OF THE CENTER PAST COUPLE OF HOURS. DT=2.5 BASED ON 5 TENTHS BANDING. MET=2.5 AND PT=3.0. . POSITION ACCURATE WITHIN 60 NMI. . THE NEXT BULLETIN WILL BE ISSUED BY 06/1000Z . 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 . RUMINSKI . NNNN