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SATELLITE PRECIPITATION ESTIMATES..DATE/TIME 07/20/07 0337Z
SATELLITE ANALYSIS BRANCH/NESDIS---NPPU---TEL.301-763-8678
LATEST DATA USED: GOES-11 0315Z KUSSELSON
DMSP SSMI:0224Z NOAA AMSU:0010Z/0230Z NASA TRMM:1823Z
AMSR-E:2309Z
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LOCATION...SE HAWAII...
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ATTN WFOS...HFO...
ATTN RFCS...AKRFC...
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EVENT...COSME HEADING FOR BIG ISLAND FOR LATER FRIDAY/FRIDAY NIGHT...
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SATELLITE ANALYSIS AND TRENDS...MICROWAVE AND GOES IMAGERY CONTINUE TO
SHOW COSME HEADING WNW TOWARD BIG ISLAND.  MICROWAVE RAIN RATES FROM
2309Z AMSR-E PASS OVER THE STORM HAD HIGHEST RAIN RATES ON WESTERN
PORTION OF THE STORM CIRCULATION WITH A TINY MAX RATE OF 0.65"/HR AT
17N/147W BUT MORE GENERAL MAX 5KM AREAL RAIN RATES OF 0.3"-0.45"/HR IN
THE NW TO WEST QUAD OF THE STORM. AND THIS SIMILAR TO WHEN NASA TRMM
PASS WENT CLOSE TO THE STORM NEAR 1823Z.  BUT LATEST 0230Z AMSU RAIN
RATES WAS MUCH MORE IMPRESSIVE WITH A TINY MAX RAIN RATE OF 1.1"/HR AT
16N/148.5W AND THIS BEARS WATCHING AS STORM GETS CLOSER TO THE BIG ISLAND.
ALSO...YOU MAY VIEW LATEST TROPICAL RAINFALL POTENTIALS (TRAPS) AT
HTTP://WWW.SSD.NOAA.GOV/PS/TROP/TRAP.HTML ALL LOWER CASE EXCEPT PS/TROP .
AND PWS NEAR CENTER OF COSME WERE ABOVE 2.3" OR 200 PERCENT PLUS ABOVE
NORMAL.  BEFORE COSME GETS CLOSE TO OR SOUTH OF THE BIG ISLAND ...WHICH
BY THE WAY EXTRAPOLATES TO NEAR 00-03Z/21...DRY SUBSIDENCE MIN OF PW
MOVING OVER EASTERN PORTION OF THE BIG ISLAND RIGHT NOW WHICH SHOULD BE
OVER MOST OF THE BIG ISLAND TONIGHT...AND WOULD EXPECT AN INCREASE IN
PW MOISTURE DURING THE DAY FRIDAY.   WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR...
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SEE NCEP HPC DISCUSSION AND QPF/S FOR FORECAST.
....NESDIS IS A MEMBER OF 12 PLANET....
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SSD/SAB WEB ADDRESS FOR PRECIP ESTIMATES:
HTTP://WWW.SSD.NOAA.GOV/PS/PCPN/
...ALL LOWER CASE EXCEPT /PS/PCPN/
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LAT...LON 2101 15825 2059 15350 1910 15361 1845 15384 1802 15735
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