WWPN20 KNES 081544 SATELLITE WEATHER BULLETIN WEST PACIFIC OCEAN MTSAT IRNIGHT . AUGUST 08 2007 1433Z . 22.3N 115.7E T2.5/3.5/W2.0/18HRS PABUK (07W) . 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 . 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. . POSITION ACCURATE WITHIN 60 NMI. . ------------------ . 22.3N 122.6E T2.5/2.5/D1.0/24HRS WUTIP (08W) . 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 . 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. . POSITION ACCURATE WITHIN 60 NMI. . THE NEXT BULLETIN WILL BE ISSUED BY 08/2200Z. . 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 . GALLINA . NNNN