ZCZC NFDSPENES ALL SPENES PAZ000-MDZ000-VAZ000-WVZ000- . SATELLITE PRECIPITATION ESTIMATES..DATE/TIME 05/31/08 1540Z SATELLITE ANALYSIS BRANCH/NESDIS---NPPU---TEL.301-763-8678 LATEST DATA USED: 1532Z GOES-12 TEB . LOCATION...S. PENNSYLVANIA...N. MARYLAND...N. VIRGINIA...WEST VIRGINIA... . ATTN WFOS...CTP...LWX...PBZ...RLX... ATTN RFCS...MARFC...OHRFC... . EVENT...REPEAT CELLS . SATELLITE ANALYSIS AND TRENDS...IR IMAGERY SHOWS WARM-TOPPED CELLS CONTINUING TO COOL AND EXPAND ALONG AN E-W ORIENTED LINE FROM THE UPPER OHIO RIVER VALLEY, ACROSS AND ALONG THE MASON-DIXON LINE, INTO N. CNTRL MARYLAND. OF IMMEDIATE CONCERN IS THE REPEATING CELLS PUSHING THRU NORTHERN WV AND WESTERN MD. ESTIMATED RAIN RATES UP TO .6-.8" PER HALF-HOUR MAY BE AUGMENTED BY FAST EASTWARD MOTION BUT REPETITION WILL ALLOW SOME LOCALES TO REACH FFG VALUES IN A SHORT TIME. SOUNDER PW'S ARE INCREASING AND APPROACHING 2.00" AND TD'S NEAR AND ABOVE 70 WILL CREATE A VERY MOIST ENVIRONMENT FOR THE STORMS TO FEED FROM. CLEAR SKIES AND GOOD LI'S MAY ALLOW FOR MORE SEVERE-TYPE WX AS THE LINE PUSHES EASTWARD INTO N. VA AND CNTRL MD BUT MULTIPLE OUTFLOWS WILL CREATE MERGER POSSIBILITIES THAT MAY NOT BE READILY DETECTABLE IN IMAGERY DUE TO EXPANSION OF DEBRIS CLOUDS. . SEE NCEP HPC DISCUSSION AND QPF/S FOR FORECAST. ....NESDIS IS A MEMBER OF 12 PLANET.... . SSD/SAB WEB ADDRESS FOR PRECIP ESTIMATES: HTTP://WWW.SSD.NOAA.GOV/PS/PCPN/ ...ALL LOWER CASE EXCEPT /PS/PCPN/ . LAT...LON 4029 8016 3911 8114 3932 7722 4013 7693 4023 8022 . NNNN