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SATELLITE PRECIPITATION ESTIMATES..DATE/TIME 05/16/08 1844Z
SATELLITE ANALYSIS BRANCH/NESDIS---NPPU---TEL.301-763-8678
LATEST DATA USED: GOES-12 1825Z  RUMINSKI
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LOCATION...FLORIDA...GEORGIA...
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ATTN WFOS...JAX...TAE...
ATTN RFCS...SERFC...
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EVENT...HEAVY RAIN WITH CONVECTIVE TRAINING
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SATELLITE ANALYSIS AND TRENDS...CNVTN BEING AIDED ACRS THE DISC RGN
BY MODEST MID/UPR LEVEL IMPULSE EMBEDDED IN SW FLOW THAT DEVELOPED
OUT OF CNVTV CLUSTER OFF THE SW LA COAST OVERNIGHT. A LITTLE STRONGER
IMPULSE IS JUST UPSTREAM ALG THE TX/LA BORDER. CNVTN IS FOCUSED ALG SFC
MOISTURE CONVERGENCE BOUNDARY EXTENDING FROM JUST S OF KTLH ENE ALG THE
FL/GA BORDER.
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SATELLITE TRENDS PAST CPL OF HRS HAVE SHOWN SOME CLD TOP COOLING AND A
SLIGHT EXPANSION IN AREA OF CD CLD TOPS. CLD TOP TEMPS HAVE BEEN PULSING
WITH TOPS AS CD AS -70C. MAIN FTR THOUGH HAS BEEN TRAINING ACRS SRN
JEFFERSON..MADISON AND HAMILTON. AUTOMATED ESTS INDICATE ARND 2.5" PAST
3 HRS WHICH APRS TOO LIGHT. FEEL THAT GIVEN THE SITN 3-4" MORE LIKELY.
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VIS IMAGERY LOOP SHOWS THAT KICKER IS BACK EDGE OF IMPULSE THAT HAS
JUST CROSSED THE BORDER INTO EXTREME SW GA. AS THIS CONTS TO THE ENE IT
WILL HELP SHIFT THE LINE TO THE S. EXPECT ABT ANOTHER HR OR SO OF HEAVY
RAINFALL ACRS HAMILTON AND MADISON WITH TRAINING THEN EXPANDING TO THE
NE ACRS ECHOLS..SRN CLINCH..WARE AND CHARLTON COUNTIES IN GA.
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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 3110 8439 3103 8189 2989 8194 2978 8442
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