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SATELLITE PRECIPITATION ESTIMATES..DATE/TIME 02/21/08 1317Z
SATELLITE ANALYSIS BRANCH/NESDIS---NPPU---TEL.301-763-8678
LATEST DATA USED: GOES-EAST 1302Z		CW
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LOCATION...S. LOUISIANA...
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ATTN WFOS...LIX...
ATTN RFCS...LMRFC...
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EVENT...HVY RAINS FROM CONVECTIVE CELLS
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SATELLITE ANALYSIS AND TRENDS...GOES IR IMAGERY SHOWS AN AREA OF
CONVECTION IN S/E LOUISIANA WITH COLDEST CLOUD TOP TEMPS -66C OVER
TERREBONNE PARISH.  3-HR PRECIP ESTIMATES FROM THE HYDRO-ESTIMATOR
INDICATES TOTALS UP TO	3.5" ENDING AT 1230 Z HAVE FALLEN INVOF THE AREA
OF COLDEST CTT'S. THE CONVECTION IS TRAVELING ALONG A NOSE OF HIGHER SFC
TD'S 62F THAT HAS PUSHED INTO S. LA. A MOISTURE PLUME WITH PW VALUES OF
1.5" PER GOES DERIVED PW VALUES AT 1200Z ARE SHOWN TO BE MOVING NWRD
FROM THE GULF TO JUST S/E OF THE DELTA HELPING TO PROVIDE THE AREA OF
CONVECTION WITH SUFFICIENT MOISTURE. LATEST STLT TREND SHOWS WARMING OF
THE CCT'S OVER THE PAST 30 MINS AS THE AREA OF CONVECTION AS IT MOVES
OVER EXTREME S/E LA IMPLYING LESSENING RAINFALL RATES.
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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 2988 8933 2927 8931 2913 9105 2950 9124 2983 9041
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