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SATELLITE PRECIPITATION ESTIMATES..DATE/TIME 12/26/07 1649Z
SATELLITE ANALYSIS BRANCH/NESDIS---NPPU---TEL.301-763-8678
LATEST DATA USED: GOES-12 1630Z KUSSELSON
NOAA AMSU:1021Z DMSP SSMI:1232Z/1016Z
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LOCATION...S CENTRAL AND SE VIRGINIA...N CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA...
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ATTN WFOS...AKQ...LWX
ATTN RFCS...MARFC...SERFC...
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EVENT...NARROW FOCUSED STEADY HVY RAIN TO CONTINUE A BIT LONGER...
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SATELLITE ANALYSIS AND TRENDS...THIS SYSTEM NOT EXACTLY LIKE THE STORM
THAT GAVE 7 INCHES TO SAVANNAH...BUT SOME CHARACTERISTICS.  WELL DEFINED
UPPER LEVEL CENTER NEAR WAKE COUNTY NC AND BANDS SPIRLING NORTH AND
NORTHEAST AND CURVING IN A DEFORMATION PATTERN ACROSS S CENTRAL VA/
N CENTRAL NC INTO INTERIOR SE VA.  CLOUD TOP ENHANCEMENT MOVING AND
BANDS IN AND BY THEMSELVES NOT IMPRESSIVE WITH GIVING RAINFALL RATES
MUCH MORE THAN 0.30"/HR...PERSISTNCE OF BANDS CURVING INTO A FOCUSED
AREA NEAR BEST DEFORMATION COULD RESULT IN NEAR EXCESSIVE RAINS IN A
COUNTY OR TWO SOMEWHERE S CENTRAL VA NEAR NC BORDER NEXT 1-2HRS THRU S
CENTRAL VA TO INTERIOR SE VA THIS AFTERNOON AND POSSIBLY EXTEND INTO
S DELMARVA INCLUDING EXT SE MD BTWEEN 19 AND 23Z.  VERY HIGH PW MOISTURE
DEPICTED ON SSMI AND AMSU DATA OFFSHORE THIS MORNING AT 1.7" AT 34.5N/73W
AND THIS IS BEING ADVECTED INTO THE SPIRLING BANDS AND PART OF THIS DEEP
MOISTURE COULD INTERACT WITH STRONG LIFT NEAR AND NORTH OF UPPER LOW
TO CONTINUE TO FOCUS THAT HVY TO EXCESSIVE RAIN IN A COUPLE OF COUNTIES
FOR THIS AFTERNOON.  WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR AS SLOWNESS OF STORM COULD
HAVE BIG RAMIFICATION TO THIS SMALL FOCUSED AREA.
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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 3796 7533 3709 7552 3642 7685 3665 7768 3759 7718
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