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SATELLITE PRECIPITATION ESTIMATES..DATE/TIME 04/17/08 1055Z
SATELLITE ANALYSIS BRANCH/NESDIS---NPPU---TEL.301-763-8678
LATEST DATA USED: GOES-11 1030Z  KUSSELSON
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LOCATION..NW HAWAII...
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ATTN WFOS...HFO...
ATTN RFCS...AKRFC...
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EVENT...CONVECTION FOR NI'IHAU AND KAUAI...
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SATELLITE ANALYSIS AND TRENDS...CONVECTIVE BOUNDARY MAKING SLOW EAST
PROGRESS TOWARD NI'IHAU AND W KAUAI.  ADDITIONAL VERY WARM TOP CELLS HAVE
LIFTED NORTH TOWARD SOUTHERN PORTION OF KAUAI AHEAD OF CONVECTIVE BAND.
PWS FROM MICROWAVE IN AND AROUND KAUAI NOW UP TO 1.65" AND A SMALL BUT
IMPRESSIVE 1.9 WAS ABOUT 60 MILES FURTHER WEST.  COLDEST CLOUD TOPS OF
-57C MORE EXPANDING THAN COOLING THE PAST HR AND BOUNDARY LAYING OUT
IN DIRECTION OF FLOW COULD HEIGHTEN FF THREAT WESTERN MOST ISLANDS THRU
THE EARLY MORNING HRS.    MID LAT LOW/TROUGH NEAR 42N/165W FEEDING THE
SOUTHERN PART OF ITS TROUGH INTO SUBTROPICAL TROUGH BETWEEN 160 AND 165W
SOUTH OF 30N.  COULD BE A ROUGH NEXT FEW HRS IN NI'IHAU AND EVENTUALLY
W KAUAI...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 2318 15957 2213 15895 2113 16014 2217 16098 2212 16085
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