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SATELLITE PRECIPITATION ESTIMATES..DATE/TIME 06/11/08 1945Z
SATELLITE ANALYSIS BRANCH/NESDIS---NPPU---TEL.301-763-8678
LATEST DATA USED: GOES-12 1915Z       CW
NOAA AMSU: 1453Z
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LOCATION...W PUERTO RICO...
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ATTN WFOS...SJU...
ATTN RFCS...
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EVENT...HVY RAINFALL
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SATELLITE ANALYSIS AND TRENDS...IR IMAGERY INDICATES COLD CLOUD TOP TEMPS
OVER S-CENTRAL PORTIONS OF THE ISLAND AROUND -63C AND AUTOMATED STLT
ESTIMATES SUGGEST 1.0 HAS FALLEN IN THE LAST 1-HR.  HOWEVER.. FURTHER
ANALYSIS USING VIS IMAGERY SHOWS BEST TEXTURED CU/TCU CLOUDS ARE LOCATED
ACROSS SW TO S-CENTRAL PR.  PW VALUES ARE SEEN TO BE AROUND 1.6" (BASED
OFF 1453Z AMSU PASS...1738Z PASS HAS NOT YET REACHED THE REGION YET).
SO RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1.0" IN THE LAST HR SEEMS REASONABLE BASED OBN
AUTOMATED STLT ESTIMATES..BUT THEIR LOCATION IS BEING SLIGHTLY DISPLACED
DUE TO WESTERLY MID AND UPPER-LVL WINDS.. LIKELY BLOWING THE CLOUD CLOUD
TOPS EWD FROM THE HEAVIEST RAINS.  THIS ANALYSIS ALSO MATCHES WELL WITH
CURRENT RADAR SHOWING HVY RAINS ACROSS SW PR.  STORMS HAVE BEEN MOVING
RELATIVELY SLOWLY TO THE ESE..AND IT SEEMS LIKELY THAT ADDITIONAL 1-2"
OF RAINFALL MAY OCCUR ACROSS THIS AREA OVER THE NEXT 2-3 HRS.
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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 1866 6740 1862 6560 1783 6542 1781 6745
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