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SATELLITE PRECIPITATION ESTIMATES..DATE/TIME 12/12/07 0011Z
SATELLITE ANALYSIS BRANCH/NESDIS---NPPU---TEL.301-763-8678
LATEST DATA USED: G10  2345Z   CK
DMSP SSMI: 2134Z-2205Z
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LOCATION...PUERTO RICO...
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ATTN WFOS...SJU...
ATTN RFCS...SERFC
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EVENT...SUBTROPICAL STORM OLGA CONTINUES TO PULL AWAY..BUT ADDITIONAL
SHOWERS MOVE TWD PUERTO RICO AND VIRGIN ISLANDS IN ITS WAKE
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SATELLITE ANALYSIS AND TRENDS...WHILE SUBTROPICAL STORM OLGA CONTINUES TO
TREK WWD ACROSS HISPANOLA..AND THE BULK OF THE HVY SHOWERS HAVE PUSHED N
AND W OF PUERTO RICO..ADDITIONAL SHOWERS HAVE BEEN MOVG NWWD ACRS SE/ERN
INTERIOR PR..WITH MORE WILL FOLLOW. ONE BAND OF SHOWERS EXTENDS FM ERN
INTERIOR/SE PR SEWD FOR APPX 150MI..WITH CELLS MOVG NWWD. ANOTHER BAND
EXTENDS FM E OF THE VIRGIN ISLANDS SEWD ACRS THE EXTENT OF THE LESSER
ANTILLES..WITH NRN PORTION MOVG WWD TWD THE VIRGIN ISLANDS. THE SHOWERS
MOVG W TWD THE VI ARE SCT/SCT TO BKN..BUT THE ONES OVER AND APPROACHING
SE/ERN INTERIOR PR ARE MORE BKN AND NUMEROUS. BOTH AREAS OF SHOWERS ARE
VERY WARM TOP IN IR IMAGERY..MAKING IT DIFFICULT TO DETERMINE MANUAL
OR AUTOMATED STLT RAINFALL ESTIMATES. BUT WITH AREA EMBEDDED IN 2"+
PW'S..HVY RATES ARE SUPPORTED.
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AS MENTIONED ABOVE..SHOWERS EXTEND WELL TO THE SE OF PUERTO RICO. THIS..IN
ITSELF..WOULD SUGGEST THAT PR WILL CONTINUE TO EXPERIENCE PERIODS OF
MOD/HVY SHOWERS OVERNIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY. BUT PATTERN ON SSMI PW IMAGERY
ALSO SUPPORTS THAT IDEA AS WELL. WHILE SSMI PW IMAGERY ANIMATION SHOWS
THE CORE OF THE HIGHEST PW'S ASSOCD WITH OLGA EXTEND FM PR WWD..AND TO
THE NE OF PR..ANOTHER EXTENSIVE PLUME OF HIGH PW'S HAS BEEN EXPANDING
TWD THE W AND NW ACRS THE LESSER ANTILLES. THIS PLUME EXTENDS FM SE OF
ST CROIX TO THE VENEZUELA COAST..THEN WELL E AND SE TO THE EQUATOR AND
AFRICAN COAST. WITH THE NW EXTENT OF THIS PLUME PUSHING W OF THE LESSER
ANTILLES..THIS INCREASES THE LIKELIHOOD  OF MOD/HVY SHOWERS CONTINUING
TO DEVELOP IN THE WAKE OF STORMS PASSAGE.
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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 1874 6745 1862 6521 1758 6538 1774 6745
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