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SATELLITE PRECIPITATION ESTIMATES..DATE/TIME 06/04/08 1358Z
SATELLITE ANALYSIS BRANCH/NESDIS---NPPU---TEL.301-763-8678
LATEST DATA USED: GOES-12 1315Z         CW
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LOCATION...SW PENNSYLVANIA...NW MARYLAND...WEST VIRGINIA...SE OHIO...
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ATTN WFOS...CTP...LWX...PBZ...RLX...ILN...
ATTN RFCS...MARFC...OHRFC...
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EVENT...MOD/HVY RAINS CONTINUE TO PUSH EWD
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SATELLITE ANALYSIS AND TRENDS...CLUSTER OF TSTMS THAT ARE PRODUCING
MOD/HVY RAINS ACROSS S OH/N KY AT THIS HR CONTINUE TO PUSH EWD AS A
MID-LVL WAVE IDENTIFIED IN WV MOVES EWD ACROSS CENTRAL IN.  AS EXPECTED
RAINFALL AMOUNTS HAVE BEEN LIMITED TO AROUND 1.0-1.25" AS THESE STORMS
MOVE PROGRESSIVELY TO THE EAST.  EVEN THOUGH RAINFALL AMOUNTS ARE NOT
BEING KEPT AROUND AN INCH..HVY RAINFALL FROM THE PREVIOUS DAY HAS LEFT
MUCH OF SE OH/CENTRAL AND N WV/EXT SW PA/EXT NW MD WITH VERY SATURATED
GROUNDS.  1-HR FFG VALUES ACROSS MUCH OF THIS DISCUSSION AREA ARE AROUND
1.0" HOWEVER PORTIONS OF CENTRAL WV..INVOF ROANE/CALHOUN/GILMER/ LEWIS
COUNTIES AS WELL AS HARRISON/MARION COUNTIES IN N-CENTRAL WV ARE SHOWING
1-HR GUIDANCE VALUES CLOSER TO 0.75".  SOME OF THE TSTMS APPROACHING
THE AREA MAY BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING 0.75-1.0"/HR.
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PW VALUES ACROSS WV ARE SLIGHTLY LOWER THAN THOSE SEEN OVER S OH..RANGING
FROM 1.3-1.5" (1.5-1.6" OVER OH).  LLVL WINDS AT 950-850 MB FROM
PROFILER/VWP DATA INDICATES SW FLOW AT 45 KTS AND SHOULD ALLOW FOR
CONTINUED LLVL MOISTURE CONVERGENCE OVER THE DISCUSSION AREA AS THESE
TSTMS REACH WV.  LATEST 1-HR AUTOMATED STLT ESTIMATES INDICATES HIGHEST
RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 0.7" ACROSS SOUTHERN OH.  ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF
0.75-1.25" IS POSSIBLE OVER THE DISCUSSION AREA IN THE NEXT 1-3 HRS.
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PLEASE SEE WEB ADDRESS BELOW FOR 1-HR STLT EST GRAPHIC IN ABOUT 10 MINS.
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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 4002 7887 3852 7939 3857 8245 3990 8208
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