WWPN20 KNES 122120 SATELLITE WEATHER BULLETIN WEST PACIFIC OCEAN MTSAT VIS/IRDAY . SEPTEMBER 12 2007 2033Z . 28.4N 126.4E T1.5/1.5/W0.5/24HRS 99W . PAST POSITIONS...27.4N 129.0E 12/0833Z IRNIGHT 27.2N 129.8E 11/2033Z VIS/IRDAY . REMARKS...1919Z TRMM PASS SHOWS CENTER TO BE ON THE NORTH EDGE OF CONVECTIVE MASS. 3-4 TENTHS BANDING IN A SOMEWHAT SHEAR PATTERN YIELDS A DT=2.0 AND THE PT IS STRONGER THAN 1.5 SO WILL HOLD THE FT AT 1.5 AT THIS FIX. . POSITION ACCURATE WITHIN 60 NMI. . ------------- . 21.3N 134.7E T2.5/2.5/D1.0/24HRS 12W . PAST POSITIONS...21.2N 136.1E 12/0833Z IRNIGHT 19.8N 137.3E 11/2033Z VIS/IRDAY . REMARKS...CENTER HAS FINALLY GOTTEN UNDER A CDO BUT RULES USE 9- 10 TENTHS BANDING FOR A DT=3.5 WHICH AGREES WITH THE PT. HOWEVER, CONSTRAINTS AND THE MET YIELD A FT OF 2.5 AT THIS FIX. . POSITION ACCURATE WITHIN 40 NMI. . THE NEXT BULLETIN WILL BE ISSUED BY 13/0400Z. . EFFECTIVE 0000 UTC 01 DECEMBER 2007 THE FORMAT OF THIS BULLETIN WILL CHANGE TO CONFORM WITH THAT FOUND IN TPPN10 PGTW. FOR DETAILS SEE http://www.ssd.noaa.gov/PS/TROP/newformat.html ALL LOWER CASE LETTERS EXCEPT PS/TROP. . 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 . BALDWIN . NNNN