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SATELLITE PRECIPITATION ESTIMATES..DATE/TIME 02/12/08 1813Z
SATELLITE ANALYSIS BRANCH/NESDIS---NPPU---TEL.301-763-8678
LATEST DATA USED: G12  1745Z  CK
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LOCATION...S MISSISSIPPI...SE LOUISIANA...
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ATTN WFOS...LIX...
ATTN RFCS...LMRFC...
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EVENT...CLUSTER OF SLOW MOVG HVY TSTMS
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SATELLITE ANALYSIS AND TRENDS...SINCE 1615Z A SW-NE CLUSTER OF TSTMS
HAS BEEN STEADILY INTENSIFYING FM SE LA FOURCHE THRU ORLEANS/ST BERNARD
PARISHES/LA TO VCNTY OF HANCOCK COUNTY/MS. WHILE CELLS HAVE BEEN MOVG
NE..THERE HAS BEEN AN INCR IN COVERAGE..WITH CELL MERGING OVER THE
MENTIONED SE LA PARISHES. MANUAL STLT EST FOR 1645Z-1745Z INDICATE AROUND
1". ADDITIONAL MERGERS ARE LIKELY WITHIN THE DISCUSSION AREA. ALSO OF
CONCERN IS STRONG CONVECTIVE BAND TO THE NW WHICH IS MOVG RAPIDLY SEWD
ACRS THE AREA EXTENDING FM W MS TO SE TX. STLT TRENDS INDICATE THAT THIS
BAND WILL LIKELY MERGE WITH CLUSTER NOW OVER DISCUSSION AREA.. WHICH
COULD PRODUCE AN ADDITIONAL 2" OR MORE THIS 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 3052 8980 3048 8923 2953 8913 2959 9040
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