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SATELLITE PRECIPITATION ESTIMATES..DATE/TIME 12/11/07 0645Z
SATELLITE ANALYSIS BRANCH/NESDIS---NPPU---TEL.301-763-8678
LATEST DATA USED: GOES-10 0615Z    KUSSELSON
NOAA AMSU: 0150Z DMSP SSMI/S: 0030Z NASA TRMM:0349Z  DMSP SSMI:2219Z
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LOCATION...PUERTO RICO...
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ATTN WFOS...SJU...
ATTN SERFC...
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EVENT...HVY RAIN CONTINUING FROM OLGA...
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SATELLITE ANALYSIS AND TRENDS...MICROWAVE WAS SHOWING HIGHEST
INSTANTANEOUS AREAL AVERAGE RAIN RATES WITH OLGA OFFSHORE...BUT STEADIEST
SPIRLING BANDS PROVIDING THE MOST PERSISTENT HVY RAIN BURSTS...ESPECIALLY
OROGRAPHIC LIFT AREAS OF NORTHERN HALF OF ISLAND AND ESPECIALLY NW PART
OF ISLAND AS CENTER OF STORM CONTINUES WEST ALONG THE NORTH COAST.
SO ACCUMULATION OF STEADY MODERATE TO HVY RAIN WITH EMBEDDED VERY
HVY RAIN BURSTS PROVIDING FLOODING SCENARIO MAINLY TO NORTH COAST AND
INLAND TO THE MOUNTAIN AREAS AND THIS TO BE THE CASE FOR SEVERAL MORE
HOURS...ESPECIALLY NW/W CENTRAL AND INTERIOR CENTRAL PART OF THE ISLAND.
SLIGHTLY LOWER PW VALUES EXT S PART OF ISLAND AND OFFSHORE S COAST HELPING
KEEP RAIN AMOUNTS LOWER THERE COMPARED WITH NORTHERN HALF OF ISLAND.
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 1893 6599 1835 6579 1790 6715 1861 6728
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