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SATELLITE PRECIPITATION ESTIMATES..DATE/TIME 07/29/07 1358Z
SATELLITE ANALYSIS BRANCH/NESDIS---NPPU---TEL.301-763-8678
LATEST DATA USED: GOES-12: 1345Z
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LOCATION...NEW JERSEY...SE PENNSYLVANIA...N DELAWARE...NE MARYLAND...
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ATTN WFOS...PHI...CTP...LWX...
ATTN RFCS...MARFC...
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EVENT...HVY RAINS IN NE MD/SE PA
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SATELLITE ANALYSIS AND TRENDS...STALLED FRNT OVER THE MID-ATLANTIC HAS
BEEN PRODUCING SOME VERY HVY LOCALIZED RAIN OVER PARTS OF SE PA/NE
MD THIS MORNING. THOUGH RAINS ARE BENEFICIAL AS A GOOD PART OF THE
AREA HAS NOT HAD ENOUGH RAINS LATELY..REGENERATING ARE BEGINNING TO
CAUSE RAINFALL AMOUNTS TO ADD UP. STLT WINDS SHOW SLIGHTLY DVG UPPER
LVL FLOW OVER THE DELMARVA PENN. AND SE PA RESULTING FROM THE NERLY
FLOW AS THE UPPER LOW PULLS OUT OF NEW ENGLAND AND FROM THE SERLY FLOW
GENERATED BY A S/WV DIVING THROUGH WRN VA/W NC AT THIS TIME. SEVERAL
OVERSHOOTING TOPS ARE SEEN ON VIS IMAGERY AS NEW CELLS HAVE BEEN RAPIDLY
EXPANDING..COLLAPSING..AND CREATING NEW CELLS ON THEIR OUTFLOWS. CLOUD
TOPS ARE FAIRLY WARM WITH TEMPS OF -48 TO -54C. PW VALUES OF 1.8-NEAR 2"
AND DWPTS IN THE HIGH 60S TO NEAR 70 ARE MAKING FOR EFFICIENT RAINFALL
PROCESSES. HEAVIEST RAINS THUS FAR HAVE BEEN SEEN IN LANCASTER/CHESTER CO
IN PA AND HARFORD CO IN MD WHERE CELLS HAVE MOVED OVER MULTIPLE TIMES. NEW
CELLS HAVE RECENTLY BEEN PRODUCING HVY RAINS OVER S DAUPHIN AND N LEHIGH
COUNTIES AS WELL. VIS IMAGERY SHOWS A SUBTLE BNDRY RUNNING WWD THROUGH
N CENTRAL MD INTO WHAT HAS BECOME A FAIRLY UNSTABLE AREA IN NRN WV THAT
COULD HAVE A FEW MORE CELLS DVLP ALONG IT. MAX RAIN RATES OF 1-1.5"
WILL LIKELY CONTINUE FOR NEXT FEW HRS. SEE WEB ADDRESS FOR GRAPHIC.
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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 4051 7699 4047 7492 3905 7531 3905 7680
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