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SATELLITE PRECIPITATION ESTIMATES..DATE/TIME 04/17/08 0847Z
SATELLITE ANALYSIS BRANCH/NESDIS---NPPU---TEL.301-763-8678
LATEST DATA USED: GOES-11 0800Z KUSSELSON
DMSP SSMI:0524Z   NOAA AMSU:0240Z
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LOCATION...NW HAWAII...
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ATTN WFOS...HFO...
ATTN RFCS...AKRFC...
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EVENT...FIRST BATCH OF HVY CONVECTION PASSING NORTH OF KAUAI...MICROWAVE
SHOWING ADDITIONAL ACTIVITY WEST AND HEADING MORE FOR
NW KAUAI...
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SATELLITE ANALYSIS AND TRENDS...LATEST NOAA AMSU AND DMSP SSMI MICROWAVE
PASSES HAD MAX 15KM RESOLUTION INSTANTANEOUS RAIN RATES OF  OF 1.2"
AND 1,0"/HR RESPECTIVELY AND MOST OF THAT NOW NORTH OF KAUAI.  BUT THERE
WERE ADDITIONAL CELLS/WARM TOPS THAT MICROWAVE HAD LOWER RATES ON THAT
STILL DID HAVE SOME OVERSHOOTING TOPS THAT SEEMED TO BE HEADING FOR
THE GARDEN ISLAND.  TIME OF THE DAY A FACTOR AND CONVECTIVE BOUNDARY OR
TROUGH ONLY MAKING SLOW EAST PROGRESS.   BUT STILL WOULD BE CAUTIOUS TO
MONITOR THESE CONVECTIVE CELLS ON RADAR DURING ECLIPSE PERIOD AS NI'IHAU
WOULD BE ON THE PATH TO GET HVY RAIN NEXT FEW HRS AND POSSIBLY REACH W
KAUAI AROUND 12Z OR THEREAFTER.   WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR...
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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 2267 15913 2177 15899 2129 16048 2146 16038 2267 16039
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