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SATELLITE PRECIPITATION ESTIMATES..DATE/TIME 04/28/08 0242Z
SATELLITE ANALYSIS BRANCH/NESDIS---NPPU---TEL.301-763-8678
LATEST DATA USED: GOES-12 0230Z KUSSELSON
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LOCATION...E NORTH CAROLINA...
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ATTN WFOS...AKQ...MHX...RAH...
ATTN RFCS...SERFC...
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EVENT...WEAK SHORT WAVE AND LIFT AND PLENTY OF MOISTURE...BUT MESOSCALE
INTERACTING BOUNDARIES THE MAIN CULPRIT...
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SATELLITE ANALYSIS AND TRENDS...MOISTURE PLUME CENTERED SE LA THRU
N/C ALABAMA...N GA INTO C NC TO SE VA.  ONE SHORT WAVE IN SWLY FLOW
LIFTING NORTHEAST THRU WESTERN NC PROVIDING SOME DESTABILZATION
FOR -49C CLOUD TOP TEMPS TO PRODUCE HVY RAIN AROUND THE RDU AREA.
EQUILIBRIUM LEVEL TEMP FROM 00Z GSO SOUNDING NOT BEING MET...CLOUD TOP
TEMPS ALLOWING FOR HEIGHT OF CLOUDS TO REACH 250MB.  BUT IT APPEARS
MESOSCALE BOUNDARY FEATURES INTERACTING BELOW CLOUD TOPS AND GOES CAN'T
DELINEATE HIGHEST RAIN RATES AS THE SENSOR CAN'T SEE BENEATH THE -49C
CLOUD TOPS.   ENHANCED WARM CLOUD TOPS (~-49C) ARE MOVING NE SLOWLY AND
WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT INTERIOR NE NC AND POSSIBLY SPREAD INTO INTERIOR
SE VA...SO WILL HAVE TO KEEP AN EYE ON ADDITIONAL BOUNDARY INTERACTIONS
FOR SLIGHT INCREASE IN FF THREAT THERE.
BAROCLINIC LEAF CLOUD SIGNATURE WITH MODERATE TO HVY RAIN N HALF OF
ALABAMA INTO NW GA LOOKS LIKE IT WILL GO NORTH AND WEST OF WKE COUNTY
FF AREA LATER TONIGHT.
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 3664 7644 3543 7691 3536 7805 3619 7853 3664 7812
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