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SATELLITE PRECIPITATION ESTIMATES..DATE/TIME 02/07/08 1701Z
SATELLITE ANALYSIS BRANCH/NESDIS---NPPU---TEL.301-763-8678
LATEST DATA USED: G11  1630Z   CK
NOAA AMSU: 1136Z   NASA TRMM: 1216Z  AMSR-E: 1208Z
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LOCATION...HAWAII...
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ATTN WFOS...HFO...
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EVENT...STLT TRENDS FOR HVY RAIN JUST E OF BIG ISLAND
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SATELLITE ANALYSIS AND TRENDS...MICROWAVE DATA...AMSU AND AMSR-E IMAGERY
CONTINUE TO SHOW NRN PORTION OF SUBTROPICAL/TROPICAL PW PLUME OVER THE
MIDDLE AND SRN PORTION OF THE HAWAIIAN ISLANDS. THE HIGHEST PW VALUES
ARE INVOF THE BIG ISLAND..AROUND 1.5"..AND INCR FURTHER TO THE SE. AMSU
IMAGERY ANIMATION SHOWS HIGH PW'S CONTINUE TO ADVECT TWD THE BIG ISLAND
FM THE SE. AS FOR RAIN...AMSR-E AND TRMM HAVE BETTER DEPICTION OF RAIN
COVERAGE AND RATES THAN AMSU. BOTH AMSR-E AND TRMM INDICATE NW-SE AREA
OF SHOWERS EXTENDING FM JUST E OF MAUI TO E OF THE BIG ISLAND..WITH
RAINFALL RATES GENERALLY IN THE 0.3-0.6"/HR RANGE AS OF 12Z PASSES.
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GOES ANALYSIS AND TRENDS...GOES WV IMAGERY AT 1630Z SHOWS UPPR
TROF EXTENDING FM NR 30N 155W TO BTWN OAHU AND THE BIG ISLAND..THEN
SWWD. SOME EWD PROGRESS IS NOTED..ALBEIT SLOWLY..OF THE UPPR TROF. THIS
HAS ENABLED BACK EDGE OF MID LVL MOISTURE TO SLIP SE OF MAUI AND
PROGRESS ACRS MUCH OF THE BIG ISLAND..WHICH MAY KEEP THE AREA OF HVY
RAIN E OF THE BIG ISLAND FROM PUSHING WWD..DESPITE EASTERLY COMPONENT
LOW LEVEL FLOW. HOWEVER...THIS DOES NOT PRECLUDE THE POSSIBILITY OF HVY
SHOWERS/TSTMS AFFECTING THE BIG ISLAND. WITH HIGH PWS..ERLY FLOW..AND
UPPR TROF STILL TO THE W..THERE MAY BE ENOUGH INSTABILITY/LIFT TO INDUCE
PRECIP NOT ONLY OVER THE BIG ISLAND BUT ALSO THE CENTRAL PORTION OF
THE CHAIN BTWN/INCLUDING OAHU AND MAUI. WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR DURING
THE MORNING/AFTN.
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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 2350 16080 2049 15386 1792 15535 2077 16168
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