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SATELLITE PRECIPITATION ESTIMATES..DATE/TIME 05/09/08 0806Z
SATELLITE ANALYSIS BRANCH/NESDIS---NPPU---TEL.301-763-8678
LATEST DATA USED: GOES-12 0745Z HYDROESTIMATOR THRU 0730Z GG
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LOCATION...S VIRGINIA...N NORTH CAROLINA...
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ATTN WFOS...AKQ...RAH...RNK...
ATTN RFCS...MARFC...SERFC...
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EVENT...TRAINING CELLS
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SATELLITE ANALYSIS AND TRENDS...OVER THE LAST 3 HOURS THE S/W HAS
PROGRESSED ACROSS WV/N VA AND CONTINUED TO AID IN UVV ACROSS S VA WITH
FAVORABLE JET DYNAMICS AND GOOD 40-50 UNIT DIVERGENCE OVER THE DISCUSSED
AREA PER SATELLITE DERIVED WIND FIELDS.  TOPS HAVE BEEN CYCLING ALONG
THE LINE FROM STOKES (NC) COUNTY TO DINWIDDIE (VA) WITH IR TEMPS FROM -58
TO LOCAL MAXES OF -65C AT TIMES.  STILL THE MAIN COLD FRONT CAN BE SEEN
AS ISOLATED CU IN IR ALONG THE SOUTHERN VA SPINE AND HAS BE EFFECTIVE
AT EJECTING THE UPWIND SECTION OF THE MCS INTO S VA AND EASTWARD.
STILL AUTOMATED STLT ESTIMATORS HAVE BEEN RUNNING A BIT COLD WITH MAX
TOTALS OVER 6HRS OF 4.3" BUT STILL SHOW THE CONSISTENCY OF TRAINING OVER
CHARLOTTE/LUNENBURG COUNTIES.  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 3799 7614 3679 7619 3627 7965 3709 7982
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