ZCZC NFDSPENES ALL SPENES . SATELLITE PRECIPITATION ESTIMATES..DATE/TIME 11/08/07 1500Z SATELLITE ANALYSIS BRANCH/NESDIS---NPPU---TEL.301-763-8678 LATEST DATA USED: G12 1430Z CK NOAA AMSU: 0925Z DMSP SSMI:1006Z . LOCATION...PUERTO RICO... . ATTN WFOS...SJU... ATTN RFCS... . EVENT...STLT TRENDS FOR HVY SHOWERS/TSTMS FOR PR AND VIRGIN ISLANDS . SATELLITE ANALYSIS AND TRENDS...WV IMAGERY ANIMATION SHOWS A COUPLE OF UPPR FEATURES WHICH MAY RESULT IN HVY SHOWERS/TSTMS FOR THE DISCUSSION AREA. FIRST..APPARENT VORT CENTER ASSCD WITH TROPICAL WV PLUME IS DRIFTING ACRS THE VIRGIN ISLANDS INVOF ST CROIX. ALREADY..IR AND VIS IMAGERY INDICATE WARM TOP CNVTN FM S OF ST CROIX TO GENERAL VCNTY OF ST THOMAS/ST JOHN AND ADJACENT ISLANDS. THE COOLEST TOP/MOST IMPRESSIVE TSTMS ARE JUST E AND NE OF ST CROIX. GENERAL MOVEMENT OF CU/TCU/CBS ARE TWD THE N. FURTHER W...WV IMAGERY ANIMATION AND GOES WIND ANALYSIS FIELD INDICATE SHORT WAVE W OF PR..INVOF HISPANOLA. IR AND VIS IMAGERY SHOW CU/TCU AND WARM TOP SHOWERS ENHANCING S OF AND OVER PR. APPROACH OF SHORT WAVE COMBINED WITH INSTABILITY..PER GOES SOUNDER LI'S AROUND -4C..SHOULD RESULT IN FURTHER DEVELOPMENT OF CONVECTION DURING THE REMAINDER OF THE MORNING/AFTN. WITH AMSU AND SSMI IMAGERY SHOWING PW'S BTWN 1.7-2" IN THE REGION..DEVELOPING SHOWERS/TSTMS CAN PRODUCE HVY RAINFALL IN SHORT PERIODS OF TIME FOR THE DISCUSSION AREA. . SEE NCEP HPC DISCUSSION AND QPF/S FOR FORECAST. ....NESDIS IS A MEMBER OF 12 PLANET.... . SSD/SAB WEB ADDRESS FOR PRECIP ESTIMATES: HTTP://WWW.SSD.NOAA.GOV/PS/PCPN/ ...ALL LOWER CASE EXCEPT /PS/PCPN/ . LAT...LON 1907 6349 1690 6419 1648 6774 1898 6766 . NNNN