WWPN20 KNES 081544
SATELLITE WEATHER BULLETIN
WEST PACIFIC OCEAN MTSAT IRNIGHT
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AUGUST 08 2007   1433Z
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22.3N 115.7E     T2.5/3.5/W2.0/18HRS       PABUK (07W)
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PAST POSITIONS...22.3N 118.0E    08/0233Z  VIS/IRDAY
                 22.1N 121.4E    07/1433Z  IRNIGHT
ADDL POSITIONS...22.2N 117.6E    08/0726Z  TRMM 85/37
                 22.0N 116.6E    08/1153Z  SSMIS 91
                 22.0N 116.8E    08/1156Z  SSMI 85/37
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REMARKS...MI/EIR LOOP SHOWS LLC STILL OFFSHORE APPROACHING HK ON
A CONSISTENT NEARLY DUE WEST TRACK...THOUGH CONVECTION CONTINUES
TO RAPIDLY WEAKEN AFTER A SHORT BURST OF CONVECTION.  .5 BANDING
IS MEASURED FOR DT OF 2.5. MET IS 3.0. PT IS 2.5. FT IS 2.5 BASED
ON DT/PT. CI IS 3.5 PER WEAKENING RULES.   
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POSITION ACCURATE WITHIN 60 NMI.
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22.3N 122.6E     T2.5/2.5/D1.0/24HRS       WUTIP (08W)
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PAST POSITIONS...20.7N 124.6E    08/0233Z  VIS/IRDAY
                 18.6N 127.3E    07/1433Z  IRNIGHT  
ADDL POSITIONS...22.1N 123.9E    08/0836Z  AMSU 89
                 22.3N 123.2E    08/1153Z  SSMIS 91
                 22.3N 122.5E    08/1413Z  AMSU 89             
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REMARKS...1413Z AMSU PASS ALONG WITH SWIR LOOP SHOWS THE LLC
SWIRL WAS MOVING NW BUT TURNED NEARLY DUE WEST...INCREASED THE
SFC CONVERGENCE AND AIDED IN NEW DEVELOPMENT OF NEW CONVECTIVE
BAND TO THE SOUTH OF LLC AND SE OF OLDER SHEARED THUNDERSTORM
COMPLEX.  SHEAR PATTERN .6 DEGREES FROM CONVECTION FOR DT OF 2.5
WHICH AGREES WITH .5 BANDING. MET IS 2.5. PT AGREES. FT IS 2.5
BASED ON DT.
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POSITION ACCURATE WITHIN 60 NMI.
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