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SATELLITE PRECIPITATION ESTIMATES..DATE/TIME 12/08/07 0049Z
SATELLITE ANALYSIS BRANCH/NESDIS---NPPU---TEL.301-763-8678
LATEST DATA USED: GOES-11 0030Z KUSSELSON
NOAA AMSU:2322Z NASA TRMM:  1859Z/2031Z DMSP SSMI:1636Z/1706Z
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LOCATION...HAWAII...
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ATTN WFOS...HFO...
ATTN RFCS...AKRFC...
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EVENT...BAND OF MODERATE RAIN HEADED FOR OAHU...CONVECTIVE BLOB MOVING
AWAY FROM THE BIG ISLAND...
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SATELLITE ANALYSIS AND TRENDS...BIG PICTURE ON WATER VAPOR HAD MAIN
UPPER LEVEL CIRCULATION STRETCHING OUT AND THE CENTER LIFTING NORTH.
THIS GOES ALONG ON 85 GHZ TRMM CHANNEL IMAGERY FROM 1859Z AND LATEST VIS.
EVEN THOUGH LOW HAS STRETCHED OUT WITH THE CENTER LIFTING NORTH...STILL
A STRONG TROF HANGING AROUND THE ISLANDS AND IN PARTICULAR CONVECTIVE
LOOKING BAND THAT MOVED THRU KAUAI AND WAS HEADING FOR THE BIG ISLAND
WITH ADDITIONAL RAIN FOR THERE.  AMSU 16KM RESOLUTION RAIN RATES AT 2322Z
WAS GENERALLY UNDER 0.10" PER HR...BUT COULD CERTAINLY BE SOME HIGHER
RATES WITHIN THE BAND AND OROGRAPHICS THAT COULD GIVE MODERATE RAINFALL
TO PARTS OF OAHU.  SATELLITE WINDS SHOWED CORE OF 190KT JET TO THE NW
AT 37N/176E WITH PART OF THE JET PEELING OFF TO 28N/172W.  SLIGHT CHANCE
THIS COULD WEAKLY DIG DOWN AND KEEP TROUGH AROUND IN A WEAKENED STATE NEAR
THE ISLANDS FOR SATURDAY...BUT IT DOES LOOK LIKE ENOUGH ENERGY FROM MID
LAT TROUGH WILL PICK UP SOME OF THE CURRENT TROUGH AND LOW JUST NORTH OF
KAUAI.  TO THE EAST...COLD TOPS HAVE LIFTED NE OF E TIP OF THE BIG ISLAND.
2322Z AMSU RAIN RATES MAXED OUT AT 1.33"/HR...BUT FORTUNATELY THAT BLOB
ON IR/VIS IS MOVING AWAY FROM THE EAST PART OF THAT ISLAND.  STILL WILL
BE CONVECTION AROUND THE BIG ISLAND...BUT NOTHING HVY RAIN OFFSHORE.
AND MOST CONCERN NOW WITH MODERATE TO HVY RAIN BAND HEADED FOR W OAHU
WHERE PW VALUES NEAR 1.8" AND SHOWERS ON THE CENTRAL ISLAND WHERE PW
MIN OF 1.5" EXISTS.   WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR...
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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 2380 15917 1952 15421 1790 15615 2132 16041
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