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SATELLITE PRECIPITATION ESTIMATES..DATE/TIME 08/15/07 1006Z
SATELLITE ANALYSIS BRANCH/NESDIS---NPPU---TEL.301-763-8678
LATEST DATA USED: GOES-11 1000Z KUSSELSON
NOAA AMSU:0744Z DMSP SSMI:0441Z NASA TRMM:0620Z
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LOCATION...S HAWAII...
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ATTN WFOS...HFO...
ATTN RFCS...AKRFC...
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EVENT...HVYST RAIN WITH FLOSSIE CONFINED TO S QUARTER OF BIG ISLAND...
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SATELLITE ANALYSIS AND TRENDS...MAX RAIN RATE WITH 15KM AREAL RESOLUTION
NOAA AMSU FROM 0744Z PASS AND 10KM RESOLUTION PASS OF NASA TRMM WAS 0.55
INCHES PER HR ABOUT 100 MILES SSW OF HILO.  PWS CLOSE TO 2.5 INCHES
AS CENTER CONTINUES MOVING WNW AND STAYING JUST SOUTH OF SOUTHERNMOST
POINT OF THE BIG ISLAND.  WINDS STRENGTHENING BETWEEN STORM JUST SOUTH
OF THE BIG ISLAND AND RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE 27N/147W TO 25N/130W AND
SO OROGRAPHICS WILL HELP PRODUCE LARGEST RAINFALL TOTAL ON S CENTRAL
TO CENTRAL PART OF BIG ISLAND NEXT 6HRS.  THOUGH STORM HAS WEAKENED ON
GOES IR...THERE HAS BEEN COOLING CLOUD TOPS IN THE PAST 3HRS JUST N NE
OF CENTER AND WEAK CIRCULATION ON LATEST AMSU AND TRMM PASSES...WHICH
SHOULD ALSO HELP WITH RAIN PRODUCTION OVERNIGHT BIG ISLAND.  SEE LATEST
TROPICAL RAINFALL POTENTIAL AT:
HTTP://WWW.SSD.NOAA.GOV/PS/TROP/TRAP.HTML
ALL LOWER CASE EXCEPT PS/TROP.
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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 2091 15460 1899 15363 1776 15590 2000 15709
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