WWPS20 KNES 030953 SATELLITE WEATHER BULLETIN SOUTH PACIFIC OCEAN MTSAT IRNIGHT . MARCH 3 2007 0833Z . 17.6S 157.1E T2.5/2.5/D1.5/24HRS ODETTE (93P) . PAST POSITIONS...17.9S 154.4E 02/2033Z VIS/IRDAY 16.9S 152.7E 02/0833Z IRNIGHT . REMARKS...POSITION OF LOW LEVEL CENTER REPRESENTS A SIGNIFICANT JUMP TO THE EAST FROM PREVIOUS LOCATIONS. CURRENT LOCATION BASED ON PROXIMITY TO RECENT CONVECTIVE FLARE-UP. LOW LEVEL CIRCULATION MAY BE BROAD AND ELONGATED ALONG EAST/WEST AXIS WHICH WOULD BE SUPPORTED BY 06Z SHIP OBSERVATIONS. . MARKED INCREASE IN CONVECTION NOTED FROM 24 HOURS AGO. 4 TENTHS BANDING MEASURED ON LOG10 SPIRAL GIVING DT=2.5. PT=2.5 AND MET=2.0. FT=2.5 BASED ON DT AND PT. . POSITION ACCURATE WITHIN 60 NMI. . THE NEXT BULLETIN WILL BE ISSUED BY 03/1600Z. . 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/ZHONG . NNNN