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SATELLITE PRECIPITATION ESTIMATES..DATE/TIME 10/25/07 1630Z
SATELLITE ANALYSIS BRANCH/NESDIS---NPPU---TEL.301-763-8678
LATEST DATA USED: G12   1615Z  CK
QUICKSCAT: 1054Z
NOAA AMSU: 1141Z  DMSP SSMI: 1211Z
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LOCATION...E NORTH CAROLINA...
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ATTN WFOS...AKQ...MHX...
ATTN RFCS...SERFC...
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EVENT...HVY TSTMS INCRG ALONG COAST AND OFFSHORE..HVY RAIN
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SATELLITE ANALYSIS AND TRENDS...HVY TSTMS HAVE BEEN STEADILY INCRG
IN NUMBER AND INTENSITY OVER COASTAL SECTIONS OF NC..AND OFFSHORE AS
WELL. SPECIFICALLY ATTM..THE AREA MOST AFFECTED EXTENDS FM CARTERET TO
HYDE COUNTIES..WITH ADDITIONAL STMS FORMING TO THE S AND SE OF THERE. BOTH
QUICKSCAT AND SFC DATA INDICATE THAT THE STMS ARE IN CLOSE PROXIMITY TO
SFC BOUNDARY...WITH OBJECTIVE ANALYSIS SHOWING DECENT SFC CONVERGENCE
OVER THE AREA AS WELL. MICROWAVE IMAGERY ANIMATION..ESP CIRA BLENDED
PW PRODUCT..SHOWS SUBTROPICAL MOISTURE PLUME CONTINUING TO SURGE ACRS/
ALONG THE SE AND MID ATLANTIC COAST..WITH LL WINDS ADVECTING PW'S OF
2"PLUS/OVER 200 PER CENT OF NORMAL OVER THE DISCUSSION AREA.
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THUS FAR..TSTMS ALONG THE COAST AND OVER THE ATLANTIC HAVE BEEN MOVG TWD
THE N AND NE. HOWEVER..WITH THE INCR IN NUMBER AND INTENSITY..THERE IS
THE LIKELIHOOD THAT SOME CELL TRAINING AND MERGERS WILL OCCUR ACRS THE
AREA FM ROUGHLY NE OF NCA TO VCTNTY OF MQI AND THE OFFSHORE COASTAL AREA
AS WELL..THIS AFTN AND EVE. CONSIDERING THE HIGH PW'S..RAINFALL OF 2"
CAN OCCUR IN AN HOUR OR LESS WHERE CELL MERGERS OCCUR.
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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 3633 7598 3608 7491 3448 7535 3447 7719 3618 7613
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