WWPN20 KNES 242145 CCA
SATELLITE WEATHER BULLETIN - CORRECTION
WEST PACIFIC OCEAN MTSAT VIS/IRDAY 
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JULY 24 2007     2033Z
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16.0N 179.8W     T2.5/2.5/D1.0/24HRS   COSME (06E)
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PAST POSITIONS...15.6N 178.1W 24/1200Z VIS/IRDAY
                 15.7N 173.2W 23/1800Z VIS/IRDAY
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REMARKS...CORRECTION TO THE DVORAK LINE....COSME HAS NOT CROSSED
180 YET BUT WILL VERY SOON...SO INITIATED 2033Z CLASSIFICATION
INSTEAD OF 0000Z GOES-WEST CLASSIFICATION. HOWEVER...CIRCULATION
IS VERY DIFFICULT TO FIND IN VIS/IR AND QUIKSCAT TO THE POINT
THAT THE CURRENT BURSTING OF CONVECTION MAY HAVE FULLY DISRUPTED
THE LLC AND RETURNED COSME TO AN OPEN WAVE.  IF A LLC WAS TO
FOUND...THE 1822Z TRMM PASS PROVED THE MOST HELP WITH SOME
BANDING FEATURES TO THE NW.  SO POSITION STRONGLY BASED ON MI
SUPPORT. A MIDLEVEL SWIRL APPEARS TO BE DEVELOPING SE OF THE LLC
BASED ON VIS LOOP FROM BOTH GEOSTATIONARY SATELLITES.  DT IS 2.5
BASED ON .4 BANDING. PT IS 2.5. MET IS 2.5. FT IS 2.5 BASED ON
MET.   
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POSITION ACCURATE WITHIN 60 NMI.
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THE NEXT BULLETIN WILL BE ISSUED BEFORE 25/0400Z.
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FOR AREAL DISPLAY OF RAINFALL POTENTIAL SEE OUR WEB SITE AT
HTTP://WWW.SSD.NOAA.GOV/PS/TROP/TRAP.HTML
ALL LOWER CASE LETTERS EXCEPT PS/TROP
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GALLINA
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