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SATELLITE PRECIPITATION ESTIMATES..DATE/TIME 04/11/08 0437Z
SATELLITE ANALYSIS BRANCH/NESDIS---NPPU---TEL.301-763-8678
LATEST DATA USED: GOES-12 0402Z     CW
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LOCATION...TENNESSEE...KENTUCKY...S INDIANA...
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ATTN WFOS...LMK...OHX...PAH...MEG...
ATTN RFCS...OHRFC...LMRFC...
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EVENT...TRAINING OF TSTMS CONTINUES ALONG SW-NE CONVECTIVE LINE
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SATELLITE ANALYSIS AND TRENDS...OVER THE PAST SEVERAL HOURS A SW-NE
CONVECTIVE LINE OF TSTMS HAS BEEN MOVING RATHER SLOWLY EWD ACROSS PORTIONS
OF E AR..SE MO..W TN..W KY..AND INTO IN. THESE CELLS HAVE BEEN PRIMARILY
MOVING SW TO NE ALONG THIS LINE..PARALLEL TO MID-LVL FLOW BASED ON STLT
WINDS.  BEST SFC MOISTURE CONVERGENCE AND 850MB THETA-E RIDGE AXIS RUNS
SW-NE ACROSS W/CENTRAL TN..W/CENTRAL KY..S IN.  SOUTHERN PORTION OF GOES
SOUNDER PW PLUME THAT HAS BEEN DRAWN UP INTO THIS SYSTEM..AIDING IN THE
HVY RAINFALL ALONG THE CONVECTIVE LINE..EXTENDS JUST S OF LA COAST.
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850MB WINDS ALONG LA/MS COAST NWD INTO N MS/W TN HAVE WEAKENED SLIGHTLY
AND ARE BEGINNING TO TURN FROM A SOUTHERLY FLOW TO A SW FLOW SUGGESTING
MOISTURE TRANSPORT WILL BEGIN TO DECREASE OVER THE NEXT FEW HRS.  CLOUD
TOP TEMPS OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF HRS HAVE EITHER REMAINED CONSTANT OR
HAVE SLIGHTLY COOLED WITH TEMPS RANGING FROM -61C TO -68C ALONG THIS LINE.
BECAUSE OF THE NATURE OF THESE CELLS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TO TRAIN AS
THE MAIN CONVECTIVE BAND SLOWLY PUSHED NEWD..IT IS LIKELY THAT 1.0-1.5"
OF RAINFALL COULD FALL OVER PORTIONS OF W/CENTRAL TN..W/CENTRAL KY/
AND SE IN OVER THE NEXT FEW HRS BEFORE THE LINE BEGINS TO WEAKEN AS LOW
LEVEL MOISTURE BECOMES LIMITED.
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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 3850 8532 3514 8740 3514 8975 3841 8708
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