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SATELLITE PRECIPITATION ESTIMATES..DATE/TIME 12/11/07 0109Z
SATELLITE ANALYSIS BRANCH/NESDIS---NPPU---TEL.301-763-8678
LATEST DATA USED: G10 0045Z
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NOAA AMSU: 2100Z  DMSP SSMI: 2219Z

LOCATION...PUERTO RICO...
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ATTN WFOS...SJU...
ATTN RFCS...
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EVENT...CONVECTIVE CLOUD SHIELD ASSOCD WITH SFC LOW SPREADS ACRS NE PR
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SATELLITE ANALYSIS AND TRENDS...LATEST IR IMAGERY SUGGESTS SFC LOW APPX
40 MI E OF ST THOMAS. THE CONVECTIVE CLOUD SHIELD IN THE NW QUAD HAS
SPREAD SWWD ACRS NE/E/N PUERTO RICO. SSMI PASS FM 2219Z SHOWED RAINFALL
RATES JUST NE OF PR AND N OF CULEBRA AND ST THOMAS BTWN 0.5-1.2"/HR.
PW'S AROUND 2" ENCOMPASS THE CONVECTION. SSMI RAINFALL GRAPHIC/RATES
COMBINED WITH LATEST GOES IMAGERY TRENDS INDICATE THAT MOD/HVY RAIN WILL
CONTINUE TO SPREAD TWD/ACRS NE/E/N PUERTO RICO DURING THE NIGHT. E AND
SE OF THE CENTER..CU/TCU BAND CONTINUE TO INCR..AND WOULD EXPECT THEM
TO EVENTUALLY AFFECT THE VIRGIN ISLANDS AND PUERTO RICO WITH MOD TO HVY
SHOWERS/TSHOWERS LATER IN THE OVERNIGHT PERIOD AND/OR TUESDAY.
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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 1945 6776 1917 6372 1768 6397 1739 6818
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