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SATELLITE PRECIPITATION ESTIMATES..DATE/TIME 04/28/08 0042Z
SATELLITE ANALYSIS BRANCH/NESDIS---NPPU---TEL.301-763-8678
LATEST DATA USED: GOES-12 0030Z KUSSELSON
NOAA AMSU:2040Z  DMSP SSMI:2245Z
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LOCATION...FAR N AND E PUERTO RICO...
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ATTN WFOS...SJU...
ATTN RFCS...
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EVENT...EYEING CONVECTION NEAR THE NORTH COAST AND FAR EAST/SE...
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SATELLITE ANALYSIS AND TRENDS...HAVE BEEN EYEING COOL TOP CONVECTION
DROPPING SOUTH TOWARD THE NORTH COAST THE PAST FEW HRS.  SSMI 2245Z
15 KM RESOLUTION INSTANTANEOUS RAIN RATE MAX WAS 0.45 INCHES PER HR.
THRUST OF DRY/LOW PW VALUES HAS BEEN SE TOWARD 24N/60W...BUT MAIN PW
MOIST PLUME HAS CONTINUE TO DRIFT NORTH ACROSS ISLAND WITH CENTER THRU
THE ISLAND AND JUST OFFSHORE NORTH COAST NOW.    THINK THAT MAY BE A
SPOT TO KEEP AN EYE ON NEXT FEW HRS...HOWEVER TIME OF DAY WILL BE AN
INHIBITING FACTOR AND ANY CONVECTION WOULD BE CLOSE TO THE NORTH COAST.
WEAK LOW LEVEL SHORT WAVE MOVING ACROSS THE CENTRAL PART OF ISLAND AND
ALLOWING REMAINING EASTERN PART CONVECTION TO MERGE AND LINGER
E CENTRAL PART OF ISLAND NEAR NAGUABO.  BAND OF RAPIDLY DEVELOPING NARROW
CONVECTION MOVING INTO SE PART OF THE ISLAND AND A SLIGHT CHANCE YOU
COULD SEE SOME INTERACTION WITH EXT E CENTRAL ISLAND CONVECTION...
MORE CHANCE IT WILL WEAKEN AS IT CONTINUES INLAND.
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 1873 6523 1814 6510 1806 6668 1817 6687 1870 6684
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