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SATELLITE PRECIPITATION ESTIMATES..DATE/TIME 07/22/07 0919Z
SATELLITE ANALYSIS BRANCH/NESDIS---NPPU---TEL.301-763-8678
LATEST DATA USED: G12  0845Z  CK
NOAA AMSU:  0553Z PASS
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LOCATION...PUERTO RICO...
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ATTN WFOS...SJU...
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EVENT...APPROACHING TROPICAL WAVE..HVY SHOWERS/TSTMS PSBL LATER SUNDAY
THRU MONDAY
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SATELLITE ANALYSIS AND TRENDS...LATEST IR IMAGERY SHOWS TROPICAL WAVE
MOVG WWD TWD THE VIRGIN ISLANDS AND PUERTO RICO. N-S AXIS OF WAVE EXTENDS
FM 15N TO 21N ALONG 61.5W. SHOWERS EXTEND FM AS FAR W AS 65W TO E OF
60W. ALTHOUGH THE BULK OF THE SHOWERS AND TSTMS IS S OF 17.5N .THERE IS
SOME INCR NOTED IN IR IMAGERY N OF THERE ALONG 61.5W.
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AMSU PW IMAGERY ANIMATION SHOWS W-E COMMA SHAPED AREA OF 2"PLUS PW'S
MOVG WWD TWD PUERTO RICO..WITH THE LEADING EDGE JUST TO THE E OF
THE VIRGIN ISLANDS. MAX PW VALUES ARE IN EXCESS OF 2.3". WHILE MOVG
WWD..THIS HIGH PW AREA HAS BEEN BUILDING NWD AS WELL..AS FAR N AS 20N
AS OF 0553Z PASS. THIS..IN ADDITION TO IR IMAGERY TRENDS..SUPPORTS THE
IDEA THAT HVY SHOWERS AND TSTMS WILL OVERSPREAD THE VIRGIN ISLANDS AND
PUERTO RICO LATER ON SUNDAY. SINCE SHOWERS EXTEND TO THE E OF 60W..AND
PW PLUME EXTENDS WELL TO THE SE OF THE WAVE..HVY SHOWER/TSTM POTENTIAL
WILL EXTEND INTO MONDAY..ACCORDING TO STLT TRENDS.
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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 1948 6733 1886 6389 1769 6505 1776 6746
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