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SATELLITE PRECIPITATION ESTIMATES..DATE/TIME 12/09/07 0246Z
SATELLITE ANALYSIS BRANCH/NESDIS---NPPU---TEL.301-763-8678
LATEST DATA USED: GOES-11: 0230Z	DS
NOAA AMSU: 2311Z
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LOCATION...HAWAII...
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ATTN WFOS...HFO...
ATTN RFCS...AKRFC...
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EVENT...SHOWERS AFFECTING THE NRN AND ERN SIDES OF THE BIG ISLAND
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SATELLITE ANALYSIS AND TRENDS...VIS IMAGERY SHOWS SEVERAL BNDRYS ON
THE ERN AND NRN SIDES OF THE BIG ISLAND THAT ARE PRODUCING MOD TO HVY
RAINS AND WILL CONTINUE TO FOR THE NEXT 1-2 HRS. ON THE SERN SIDE OF
THE ISLAND A CLUSTER OF CELLS HAS BEEN MOVING STEADILY NWWD TWDS HAWAII
BUT AN OUTFLOW BNDRY IS SEEN AHEAD OF IT AND THE CLUSTER HAS NOW STARTED
TO WEAKEN. CELLS CAN ALREADY BE SEEN FORMING IN ADVANCE OF THE OUTFLOW
BNDRY THAT WILL BE PUSHING UP AGAINST THE HIGHER TERRAIN ALONG THE SERN
SIDE OF THE ISLAND.
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ON THE N/NERN SIDE OF THE ISLAND..THREE SEPARATE LINES OF CELLS APPEAR
TO HAVE ANCHORED THEMSELVES TO THE COASTLINE. ONE LINE IS ANCHORED
SE OF HILO AND IS STARTING BUILD FARTHER INLAND TO CONNECT WITH THE
OUTFLOW BNDRY MENTIONED ABOVE THAT IS COMING ASHORE ON THE SERN SIDE OF
THE ISLAND. ANOTHER LINE IS ANCHORED JUST NW OF HILO AND THE THIRD IS
FARTHER UP THE COAST NEAR WAIMEA. BOTH OF THE LINES OF CELLS NEAR HILO
APPEAR TO BE STNRY WHILE THE THIRD HAS BEEN SLOWLY MOVING EWD ALONG THE
COAST. CLOUD TOP TEMPS WERE COLDEST ON THE TWO NEARLY STNRY CLUSTERS
AROUND HILO AT -38 TO -45C. AMSU PASS AT 2311Z SHOWED 1.6" PW VALUES
ALONG THE NRN SIDE OF THE ISLAND DECREASING TO THE S. SEE WEB ADDRESS
IN ABOUT 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 2048 15569 1956 15420 1844 15545 1961 15654
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