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SATELLITE PRECIPITATION ESTIMATES..DATE/TIME 06/08/08 2037Z
SATELLITE ANALYSIS BRANCH/NESDIS---NPPU---TEL.301-763-8678
LATEST DATA USED: GOES-12: 2015Z		DS
NOAA AMSU: 1809Z
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LOCATION...PUERTO RICO...
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ATTN WFOS...SJU...
ATTN RFCS...
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EVENT...HVY RAINFALL FROM LARGE STORM COMPLEX OVER PR
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SATELLITE ANALYSIS AND TRENDS...LARGE BLOWUP OF CNVTN OVER PR OCCURRED
DURING THE LAST 2 HRS WITH CLOUD TOPS REACHING -68C. PER VIS IMAGERY
LOOP IT APPEARS AS THOUGH CNVTN INTITIATED FROM THE COLLISION OF TWO
SEABREEZES OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN IN THE CENTRAL PART OF THE ISLAND
BETWEEN 1745Z AND 1815Z. SINCE THE BLOWUP IT IS HARD TO TELL WHERE
STRONGEST PART OF THE CELL IS USING IR WITH THE CLOUD SHIELD COVERING
MOST OF THE ISLAND. VIS HELPS THOUGH TO SEE THAT THE CELLS ARE LOCATED
ABOUT FROM THE MUNICIPALITY OF COMERIO DUE WWD ACROSS THE ISLAND ALMOST
TO THE WRN SHORE BUT MORE LIKELY TO N LAS MARIAS/S SAN SEBASTIAN. THESE
COUNTIES APPEAR TO HAVE A SMALL OVERSHOOTING TOP PRESENT OVER THEM IN
MOST RECENT VIS IMAGE. SEABREEZE BNDRY WHICH CAME FROM THE S LOOKS AS
THOUGH IT WAS ABLE TO PUSH THROUGH TO THE NRN SIDE OF THE ISLAND AS
SOME CELLS ARE PRESENT OVER THE N CENTRAL AND NW PARTS AND VIS SHOWS
NEW CELLS HAVE RECENTLY INITIATED OVER THE SW CORNER AS WELL..OVER
PARTS OF CABO ROJO/LAJAS/SAN GERMAN. VERY RECENT 1809Z PASS FROM AMSU
SENSOR INDICATED A TROPICAL WAVE HAD BEEN PASSING S OF THE ISLAND AND
IS NOW S OF HISPANOLA BUT THE MOISTURE FROM THIS WAVE EXTENDS BACK TO
THE NE OVER PR. PW VALUES OF 1.65" WERE SHOWN TO BE PRESENT OVER THE
ISLAND. AUTOMATED STLT ESTIMATES FROM THE HYDROESTIMATOR INDICATED A
MAX OF 2.3" IN THE 3 HRS 17-20Z AND 1.6" IN THE PAST HR FROM 19-20Z. SEE
WEB ADDRESS BELOW FOR 1 HR GRAPHIC AND ANALYSIS IN ABOUT 5 MIN.
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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 1862 6733 1860 6554 1771 6540 1766 6726
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