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SATELLITE PRECIPITATION ESTIMATES..DATE/TIME 04/01/08 0435Z
SATELLITE ANALYSIS BRANCH/NESDIS---NPPU---TEL.301-763-8678
LATEST DATA USED: GOES-EAST:0402Z  JS
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LOCATION...W TENNESSEE/W KENTUCKY/S INDIANA/NW ALABAMA...
LOCATION...S ILLINOIS/N MISSISSIPPI/SE MISSOURI/ARKANSAS...
LOCATION...NE TEXAS/SE OKLAHOMA
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ATTN WFOS...LMK...OHX...HUN...PAH...MEG...JAN...LZK...SGF...SHV...
ATTN WFOS...TSA...
ATTN RFCS...SERFC...OHRFC...LMRFC...ABRFC...
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EVENT...CONVECTIVE LINE NOW MAKING STEADY EASTWARD PROGRESS PRODUCING
SATELLITE BASED ESTIMATES GENERALLY BETWEEN 1-2" ALONG ITS PATH.
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SATELLITE ANALYSIS AND TRENDS...RECENT IR TRENDS SEEM TO SHOW SOME
CLOUD TOP WARMING ALONG A GOOD PORTION OF THE LINE THOUGH COMPOSITE
RADAR LOOP STILL INDICATES GOOD REFLECTIVITIES FROM EXTREME SE OK TO W
KY. AUTOMATED SATELLITE ESTIMATING TECHNIQUES ARE SHOWING GENERALLY 1-2"
TOTALS FOR THE PAST COUPLE OF HOURS STRETCHING FROM SE OK TO S IL/W KY
WHICH IS MOSTLY IN AGREEMENT WITH 3 HOUR METAR OBSERVATIONS ENDING AT
03Z ACROSS THE REGION. DUE TO THE STEADY MOVEMENT OF THE LINE, RAINFALL
TOTALS HAVE BEEN LIMITED SOMEWHAT WITH THE NORTHERN PORTION OF THE
LINE (OVER N KY/IN) NOW ALSO ACCELERATING PAST THE BEST SUPPORT. ALSO,
BECAUSE OF THE ORIENTATION OF THE LINE, THE SOUTHERN FLANK (CURRENTLY
FROM EXTREME NE TX/SE OK TO S TN/N MS) APPEARS TO HAVE THE BEST POTENTIAL
FOR AT LEAST A BRIEF PERIOD OF CELL TRAINING AND A BIT HIGHER LOCALIZED
STORM TOTALS PERHAPS NEARING 2" OR SO IN A 1-2 HOUR PERIOD. AS OF THE
0402Z GOES-EAST IMAGE, THE BEST AREA FOR CELL TRAINING APPEARS TO BE OVER
THE FAR SW TIP OF THE LINE ACROSS EXTREME SE OK/SW AR WHERE ACTIVITY IS
WEST-EAST ORIENTED IN AREA OF TREMENDOUS UPPER LEVEL DIFFLUENCE PER WATER
VAPOR LOOP AND UPPER AIR DATA. SPOTS NEAR THE INTERSECTIONS OF EMBEDDED
MESOSCALE WAVES ALONG THE LINE SUCH AS THE ONE CURRENTLY AFFECTING THE
AREA NEAR THE BORDER OF TN/MS (CLOSE TO MEMPHIS) MAY ALSO RECEIVE THE
SLIGHTLY HIGHER TOTALS. WILL ATTEMPT TO MONITOR THE REGION WITH GOES-WEST
IMAGERY DURING THE GOES-EAST ECLIPSE PERIOD BUT THE UNFAVORABLE VIEWING
ANGLE WILL LIMIT SOME OF THE DETAILS.
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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 3787 8788 3584 8635 3393 8999 3311 9421 3430 9547
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