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SATELLITE PRECIPITATION ESTIMATES..DATE/TIME 02/22/08 1250Z
SATELLITE ANALYSIS BRANCH/NESDIS---NPPU---TEL.301-763-8678
LATEST DATA USED: GOES-12 1215Z   KUSSELSON
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LOCATION...CENTRAL ALABAMA...
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ATTN WFOS...BMX...MOB...
ATTN RFCS...SERFC...
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EVENT...TRAINING HEAVY RAIN BURSTS ACROSS CENTRAL ALABAMA...
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SATELLITE ANALYSIS AND TRENDS...ENHANCED CONVECTIVE CLOUD BAND ORIENTED
SW TO NE ACROSS CENTRAL ALABAMA.  SUBSYNOPTIC WAVE CAN BE SEEN IN IR
IMAGERY MOVING NEWD ACROSS W CENTRAL ALABAMA.  THIS WILL HOLD UP ENHANCED
CONVECTIVE BAND ACROSS CENTRAL ALABAMA FOR A TIME THIS MORNING AND MAY
ALLOWED FOR AT LEAST A COUPLE HEAVY RAIN BURSTS TO TRAINING ACROSS CENTRAL
ALABAMA COUNTIES...IE WILLCOX TO TALLAPOOSA WHERE 3HR RAINFALL AMOUNTS
MAY REACH AS HIGH AS 2 INCHES PER 3HRS.  SUBSYNOPTIC WAVE MOVEMENT WILL
MOSTLY LIKELY GIVE LESS RAINFALL TO CENTRAL ALABAMA THAT WHAT FELL ACROSS
E CENTRAL MS OVERNIGHT...BUT STILL A SLIGHT CHANCE AN ISOLATED SPOT COULD
GET HIGHER AMOUNTS THAT COULD RAISE CONCERNS FOR ISOLATED FF.  BUT THINK
MOVEMENT OF CONVECTIVE BAND BEHIND SYNOPTIC WAVE WILL LOWER ANY FF THREAT
WITH IT PASSAGE ACROSS CENTRAL ALABAMA LATER THIS MORNING/EARLY AFTERNOON.
WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR...
GRAPHICAL PRODUCT OF SATELLITE ESTIMATES ON THE WEB FOR THE 06-12Z TIME
PERIOD.  MAX SATELLITE ESTIMATES ONLY A LITTLE ABOVE 2.0"/6HRS OVER E
CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI WHICH IS LOWER THAN OBSERVED...BUT POSITION OF MAX
OKAY AND ISOLATED NATURE OF MAX RAINFALL BEYOND RESOLUTION OF SATELLITE
ESTIMATING CAPABILITIES...
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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 3362 8540 3270 8523 3175 8745 3188 8777 3283 8761
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