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SATELLITE PRECIPITATION ESTIMATES..DATE/TIME 11/28/07 2330Z
SATELLITE ANALYSIS BRANCH/NESDIS---NPPU---TEL.301-763-8678
LATEST DATA USED: GOES-11: 2315Z	DS
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LOCATION...HAWAII...
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ATTN WFOS...HFO...
ATTN RFCS...AKRFC...
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EVENT...HVY RAIN DEVELOPING OVER WRN SIDE OF BIG ISLAND..CONTINUED RAINS
OVER KAUAI
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SATELLITE ANALYSIS AND TRENDS...LATEST VIS STLT IMAGERY SHOWS WWD
DEVELOPMENT OF THE LINE OF STORMS THAT WAS W OF THE BIG ISLAND EARLIER
IN THE DAY. ONE BNDRY STRETCHES FROM THE CNVTN SW OF THE ISLAND OF HAWAII
NEWD AND OVER THE NW CORNER OF THE ISLAND. THE ERN MOST END OF THIS FIRST
BNDRY SEEMS TO BE ANCHORED ALONG THE W SIDE OF THE ISLAND AND DOES NOT
SEEM LIKELY TO MOVE FOR THE NEXT FEW HRS. THE 2ND BNDRY IS THE ONE THAT
WAS MOVING E/SEWD ACROSS MAUI EARLIER AND THE SRN END IS NOW STARTING THE
DIVE SWD. WITH DIURNAL HEATING COMBINED WITH THE PRESENCE OF TWO BNDRYS
INVOF THE LEE SIDE OF THE ISLAND..SFC MOISTURE CNVG IS FAIRLY STRONG AND
HAS PRODUCED NUMEROUS CELLS THAT ARE PRODUCING HVY RAINS. BELIEVE THESE
CELLS WILL ONLY BE ENHANCED FURTHER BY THE 2ND BNDRY THAT IS DROPPING
S/SEWD TWDS THE NRN POINT OF THE BIG ISLAND OVER THE NEXT FEW HRS.
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OVER KAUAI..CELLS STARTED TO MOVE INLAND OVER THE ISLAND BUT LATEST VIS/IR
IMAGERY SHOWS THEY HAVE REFORMED OVER THE SE CORNER AGAIN DESPITE THE FACT
THAT THE SMALL BNDRY WHICH IT FORMED UPON CONTINUES MOVING NWWD. CLOUD
TOPS ARE STILL VERY WARM..ONLY AT -43C BUT WITH LITTLE MOVEMENT AND
VERY RICH MOISTURE STILL OVER THE ISLAND CHAIN..MOD TO HVY RAINS WILL
CONTINUE TO AFFEC THE SRN POINT OF THE ISLAND. SEE WEB ADDRESS IN 5-10
MIN FOR GRAPHIC ANALYSIS.
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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 2385 15957 2100 15530 1843 15528 2140 15994
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