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SATELLITE PRECIPITATION ESTIMATES..DATE/TIME 04/05/08 0657Z
SATELLITE ANALYSIS BRANCH/NESDIS---NPPU---TEL.301-763-8678
LATEST DATA USED: GOES-11 0630Z  HYDROESTIMATOR 00-0630Z
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LOCATION...S ALABAMA...S MISSISSIPPI...
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ATTN WFOS...TAE...BMX...MOB...JAN...LIX...
ATTN RFCS...SERFC...LMRFC...
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EVENT...MCS
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SATELLITE ANALYSIS AND TRENDS...THOUGH GOES-EAST IS STILL IN
ECLIPSE...GOES WEST FULL DISK IMAGERY CONTINUES TO SHOW VERY STRONG COLD
TOPS (-60 TO -65C) ASSOCIATED WITH A STATIONARY MCS ACROSS S AL AND S MS.
OUTFLOW BOUNDARY HAS REMAINED STATIONARY FOR 4-6HRS FROM HANCOCK COUNTY
MS TO CRENSHAW COUNTY AL WITH OVERSHOOTING TOPS INDICATING THAT THE
BOUNDARY HAS STALLED IN THE VICINITY OF THE GULF COAST.  GOOD LL FLOW
/30-35KT/ PER VWP IS LIFTING ISENTROPICALLY AND IS INITIATING CONVECTIVE
GROWTH ALONG THE LINE. SATELLITE ESTIMATION TECHNIQUES HAVE BEEN DOING
WELL WITH 4-5" TOTALS FROM 00-06Z SEEN ACROSS MOBILE AND WASHINGTON
COUNTIES IN AL... WITH THE BULK OF THAT COMING IN THE LAST 3HR (3.5").
PLEASE SEEN GRAPHIC AT WEB ADDRESS BELOW.  THE GRAPHIC HOWEVER IS OVER
ESTIMATING TOTALS NORTH OF THE BOUNDARY AS CIRRUS BLOWOFF TOWARD THE
NORTH AND NE HAS LEAD TO THIS OVERESTIMATION FROM PERRY MS TO CLARKE AL
COUNTIES AND NORTHWARD.

6HR TOTALS  00-06Z
MS COUNTIES...
N HARRISON         3.8"
GEORGE             4.8"

AL COUNTIES...
MOBILE             5.9"
NW ESCAMBIA        3.9"
E CONECUH          3.6"

UPDATE...AN ADDITIONAL .5-.75" HAS BEEN ESTIMATED WITH THE RECENT 0630Z
UPDATE ALONG THE SAME HARRISON TO N MOBILE TO W COVINGTON LINE.

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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 3283 8604 3126 8515 3022 8930 3086 8967
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