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SATELLITE PRECIPITATION ESTIMATES..DATE/TIME 12/25/07 1310Z
SATELLITE ANALYSIS BRANCH/NESDIS---NPPU---TEL.301-763-8678
LATEST DATA USED: GOES-11 1300Z  KUSSELSON
NASA TRMM:1020Z NOAA AMSU: 0710Z
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LOCATION...HAWAII...
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ATTN WFOS...HFO...
ATTN RFCS...AKRFC...
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EVENT...
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SATELLITE ANALYSIS AND TRENDS...NASA TRMM PASS AT 1020Z SHOWED 10KM
RESOLUTION AREAL AVERAGE INSTANTANEOUS RAIN RATES OVER THE INTERIOR
EASTERN HALF OF THE BIG ISLAND OF 0.45"/HR.  THIS MEANS THAT THE RAIN
RATES IN THE 10KM AREAS COULD BE MUCHER HIGHER OR LOWER THAN THIS FIGURE.
THIS WAS ALSO ABOUT WHEN COLDEST CLOUD TOPS WERE OBSERVED BY GOES-11
OVER THE BIG ISLAND AT -39C AND CLOSE TO THE -41C EQUILIBRIUM LEVEL
TEMP OBSERVED ON THE 12Z RADIOSONDE THIS MORNING AND LAST EVENING.
CLOUD TOPS HAVE SINCE WARMED SLIGHTLY AND AREAL EXTENT OF ENHANCEMENT HAS
SLIGHTLY DECREASED...BUT MOISTURE CONTINUES TO HANG IN AT 1.6" TO 1.7"
AND RAW CHANNEL MICROWAVE SHOWS AT LEAST TWO ADDITIONAL EASTERLY WAVES OF
CLOUDS AND MOISTURE UPSTREAM TO BIG ISLAND WITH EASTERLY SURFACE WINDS
OF 25-35KTS ACCORDING TO QUIKSCAT/SSMI WIND SPEEDS BLOWING IT TOWARD
THE BIG ISLAND.   SO WOULD EXPECT MORE RAINFALL WITH MODERATE TO HVY
NOT OUT OF THE QUESTION NEXT 3-6 HRS.
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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 2114 15455 1916 15401 1831 15590 1873 15616 2038 15695
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