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SATELLITE PRECIPITATION ESTIMATES..DATE/TIME 06/08/08 2247Z
SATELLITE ANALYSIS BRANCH/NESDIS---NPPU---TEL.301-763-8678
LATEST DATA USED: GOES-12: 2215Z		DS
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LOCATION...PUERTO RICO...
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ATTN WFOS...SJU...
ATTN RFCS...
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EVENT...MOST INTENSE CELLS NOW OVER N SIDE OF ISLAND
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SATELLITE ANALYSIS AND TRENDS...RECENT GOES STLT IMAGERY SHOWED LARGE
CLUSTER OVER THE CENTER OF THE ISLAND COLLAPSED AND REFORMED ALONG THE N
SIDE OF PR..PREDOMINANTLY THE NW CORNER. CLOUD TOP TEMPS OF -68C TO -70C
WERE PRESENT OVER PARTS OF ISABELA/QUEBRADILLOS/CAMUY/HATILLO/LARES AND
SAN SEBASTIAN MUNICIPALITIES. 2215Z IMAGE SHOWED A LARGE OVERSHOOTING
TOP OVER SE ISABELA AND ONE OR TWO SMALLER TOPS TO THE E. EXPECT CELLS
WILL BEGIN TO COLLAPSE WITH LOSS OF DAYTIME HEATING. CELLS OVER THE SWRN
CORNER OF THE ISLAND APPEAR IN IMAGERY TO HAVE MOVED OFFSHORE. ANOTHER
SMALL CELL WAS PRESENT NR THE SAN JUAN MUNICIPALITY BUT IS NOT NEARLY AS
IMPRESSIVE AS THE STORMS OVER NW PR. 1 HR HYDROESTIMATOR SHOWED AMOUNTS
UP TO 1.2" OVER NW PR ENDING 2215Z WITH ADDTL RAINS FALLING OVER THE
AREA SINCE THEN. SEE WEB ADDRESS IN ABOUT 5 MIN FOR ESTIMATE GRAPHIC.
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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 6740 1860 6593 1837 6585 1819 6745
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