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SATELLITE PRECIPITATION ESTIMATES..DATE/TIME 08/17/07 1750Z
SATELLITE ANALYSIS BRANCH/NESDIS---NPPU---TEL.301-763-8678
LATEST DATA USED: AMSU  1259Z  SSMI 1150Z  TRMM 1300/1432Z
HYDROESTIMATOR THOUGH 1700Z  ALS

LOCATION...PUERTO RICO...
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ATTN WFOS...SJU...
ATTN RFCS...
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EVENT...SATELLITE TRENDS WITH DEAN
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SATELLITE ANALYSIS AND TRENDS... THIS MORNINGS SSMI AND AMSU PASSES
SHOWS THE 2 INCH PW ISOPLETH AT PUERTO'S LATITUDE AT DEANS LOCATION.
THE LOOP SHOWS AN ALMOST DUE WEST PROGRESSION SO BASED ON CURRENT MOTION
PWS SHOULD NOT INCREASE MUCH MORE THAN 2 INCHES AS DEAN PASSES TO THE
SOUTH. HOURLY RAINFALL RATES ARE AS HIGH .81 WITH THE 1300Z TRMM PASS
BUT THIS PASS DID NOT INTERSECT THE CENTER OF THE STORM. THE 1432Z TRMM
PASS DID PICK UP A CELL WITH .32 HOURLY RATES NEAR THE VIRGIN ISLANDS
AND THIS IS PROBABLY REPRESENTATIVE OF WHAT PUERTO RICO MIGHT EXPECT.
HYDROESTIMATOR IS PICKING UP 3 HOUR TOTALS OF 3-4 INCHES NEAR THE CORE
OF THE STORM WITH 1-2 INCHES THE EASTERN OUTER BANDS. THUS IF CURRENT
TRENDS HOLDS RAINS OF 1-3 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED IN SCATTERED LOCATIONS.
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FOR LATEST TROPICAL RAINFALL POTENTIAL(TRAP) GO TO
WWW.SSD.NOAA.GOV/PS/TROP/DATA/TRAP/2007/Dean-AL.html

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 1859 6724 1852 6543 1792 6544 1781 6721
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