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SATELLITE PRECIPITATION ESTIMATES..DATE/TIME 04/27/08 1905Z
SATELLITE ANALYSIS BRANCH/NESDIS---NPPU---TEL.301-763-8678
LATEST DATA USED: GOES-12 1845Z KUSSELSON
NOAA AMSU:1342Z  SSMI:1143Z  SSMI/S F-16:1237Z
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LOCATION...N PUERTO RICO...
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ATTN WFOS...SJU...
ATTN SERFCS...
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EVENT...MOISTURE AND DAYTIME HEATING PRODUCING MOST OF THE FORCING FOR
CONVECTION...
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SATELLITE ANALYSIS AND TRENDS...AS CAN BE SEEN FROM THE COMPOSITE
SSM/I AND AMSU COMPOSITE PW IMAGE LOOP OVER THE WESTERN ATLANTIC
AND CARIBBEAN...A PW MOISTURE PLUME WAS CENTERED RIGHT OVER THE
ISLAND..ALTHOUGH MAX VALUES HAVE DECREASE A BIT THE PAST  12HRS.
DEEP MOISTURE IN LOW LEVELS (AS GOES WATER VAPOR MODERATELY DRY IN
THE HIGH LEVELS) BEING ACTED ON BY HEATING AND HAVE HELPED CONVECTION
BLOSSOM CENTRAL MOUNTAINS AND MIGRATE TOWARD THE COAST AND INTO THE
OCEAN. CELLS BY THEMSELVES HAVE BEEN ESTIMATED TO BE GIVING ONE TO AS
MUCH AS ONE AND A HALF INCHES PER HR NW/W CENTRAL AND INTERIOR N CENTRAL
PART OF THE ISLAND.   CLOUD TOPS ARE RATHER WARM AND NOT REACHING THE
EQUILIBRIUM LEVEL TEMPS WHICH CAN HAMPER VERY HVY RAIN...BUT CELLS DO
NOT MOVE MUCH...PERSISTENCE COULD RESULT IN LOCALIZED FF.  ALSO LOOK AT
VORT TROF COMING IN FROM THE NORTHWEST NOW NEAR 24N/69W AND SEE IF THAT
HAS ANY INFLUENCE.  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 1878 6529 1806 6519 1793 6713 1776 6717 1865 6745
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