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SATELLITE PRECIPITATION ESTIMATES..DATE/TIME 04/27/08 0025Z
SATELLITE ANALYSIS BRANCH/NESDIS---NPPU---TEL.301-763-8678
LATEST DATA USED: GOES-12 0015Z GG
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LOCATION...W ALABAMA...S MISSISSIPPI...
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ATTN WFOS...BMX...MOB...JAN...LIX...
ATTN RFCS...SERFC...LMRFC...
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EVENT...FRONTAL BOUNDARY TRAINING
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SATELLITE ANALYSIS AND TRENDS...WV/VIS LOOP SHOWS MCV MOVING ACROSS S
LA WITH A IMPRESSIVE CIRRUS SHIELD THAT DISPLAYS THE AMPLE DIVERGENCE
ALOFT OVER THE DISCUSSED AREA.  AT THE LOW LEVELS... A FRONTAL ZONE
DRAPES ACROSS CENTRAL LA TO KBGM...THIS LINE HAS ACTED AS A FOCAL
POINT FOR WEAK TO MODERATE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THROUGHOUT THE
LATE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING AS FLOW WAS ISNETROPICALLY LIFTED OVER
THE BOUNDARY FROM WEAK EASTERLY FLOW DUE TO THE MCV FROM THE SOUTH ALSO
LEADING TO PROLONGED SHOWERS THAT REMAINED STATIONARY OR SLIGHTLY TRAINED
ENEWARD ALONG THE FRONT.  WITH CLEARER SKIES ALONG THE MS/AL LINE HIGHER
INSTABILITY BUILT UP (1000-1500 CAPES) FOR MUCH DEEPER CONVECTION AND
HIGHER RAIN RATES...AS CAN BE SEEN WITH OVERSHOOTING TOPS REACHING TO
-60C...TOTALS OF 2-3" HAVE BEEN ESTIMATED OVER THE LAST 3HRS ALONG
THE LINE IN MS WITH HIGHER TOTALS THE FURTHER EAST ALONG THE FRONT.
THOUGH INSTABILITY HAS BEEN USED UP MODERATE RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE TO
AFFECT THE SAME AREAS AS THE FRONT IS NOT MOVING AND CELL MOTIONS WILL
MOVE ALONG IT...SO WITHIN THIS NARROW BAND TOTALS WILL REACH AND ECLIPSE
FFG VALUES.  PLEASE SEE GRAPHIC AT WEB ADDRESS BELOW.
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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 3299 8781 3199 8705 3103 9098 3160 9131
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