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SATELLITE PRECIPITATION ESTIMATES..DATE/TIME 03/04/08 1617Z
SATELLITE ANALYSIS BRANCH/NESDIS---NPPU---TEL.301-763-8678
LATEST DATA USED: G12  1600Z  CK
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LOCATION...NORTH CAROLINA...SOUTH CAROLINA...
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ATTN WFOS...RAH...RNK...CAE...GSP...
ATTN RFCS...SERFC...LMRFC...
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EVENT...FRONTAL BAND CLOUD TOPS ENHANCING..INCRG RAINFALL INTENSITY
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SATELLITE ANALYSIS AND TRENDS...OVER THE PAST COUPLE OF HRS FRONTAL BAND
CLOUD TOPS HAVE BEEN ENHANCING OVER CENTRAL TO N GA TIN SW NC..AND HAVE
BEEN SPREADING NEWD. AUTOMATED STLT HYDROESTIMATOR INDICATES 1 HR RAINFALL
BTWN 0.2-0.4" IN THE PAST HR..WITH MAX 1 HR RAINFALL UP TO 0.5"+/HR. THE
COMBINATION OF APPROACHING SHORT WAVE..850MB THETA-E ADVECTION.. UPPR
DIVERGENCE HAS BEEN RESULTING AN INCR IN UPWARD MOTION AND CORRESPONDING
CLOUD TOP COOLING. 16Z G12 IR IMAGE SHOWS COOLEST CLOUD TOPS NOW ALONG
THE GA/SC/NC BORDER AREA..AROUND -60C.
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EVEN THOUGH BACK EDGE OF BAROCLINIC BAND IS MOVG EWD..INDIVIDUAL
ELEMENTS/SHOWERS ARE SURGING NEWD WITHIN CORE OF BAND. THUS..WOULD
EXPECT SOME TRAINING OF MOD TO OCCNLY HVY RAIN ACRS MTNS OF SC AND WRN
HALF OF NC INTO THE AFTN. GIVEN THE RECENT IR TRENDS AS WELL AS STLT
EST AND RECENT OBS..SUCH AS 0.42" BTWN 14-15Z AT GVL/GA..WOULD EXPECT
SOME ADDITIONAL RAINFALL TOTALS BTWN 1-1.5"..PSBL 1.5"+..OVER PARTS OF
UPSTATE SC AND W HALF OF NC.
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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 3617 7873 3400 8182 3463 8288 3541 8318 3606 8182
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