ZCZC NFDSPENES ALL SPENES MAZ000-NHZ000-RIZ000-CTZ000-NYZ000- . SATELLITE PRECIPITATION ESTIMATES..DATE/TIME 06/16/08 2334Z SATELLITE ANALYSIS BRANCH/NESDIS---NPPU---TEL.301-763-8678 LATEST DATA USED: GOES-12 2315Z KUSSELSON . LOCATION...CENTRAL MASSACHUSETTS...S NEW HAMPSHIRE... LOCATION...N RHODE ISLAND...CONNECTICUT...SE NEW YORK... . ATTN WFOS...GYX...BOX...OKX...ALY... ATTN RFCS...NERFC... . EVENT...CONVECTION TO EDGE OF CLOUD AREA...SOME MERGERS AND HVY RAIN FOR FF POTENTIAL... . SATELLITE ANALYSIS AND TRENDS...SHORT WAVE PUSHING ACROSS SE NY AND DIFFLUENT FLOW WITH SATELLITE CLOUD VECTORS HELPING CONVECTION STAY ACTIVE AS IT HAS GOTTEN CLOSER TO AREAS OF C AND NE CT TO C AND INTERIOR E MA AND SE NH THAT HAD COOLER/CLOUDIER AND MORE STABLE TIME MOST OF THE DAY. CHARACTERISTIC CYCLONIC BULGE IN IR COMMA CLOUD MOVING ACROSS W CT/NYC AREA WITH COLDEST CLOUD TOPS WILL MAKE FOR VERY HVY RAIN IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME ACROSS CENTRAL CT NEXT HR OR SO AND REACHING NEW LONDON COUNTY BY 0030Z AND ACROSS NYC AREA THE NEXT HF HR AND ACROSS LONG ISLAND THRU 0030Z. LOOKS LIKE CONVECTION WEAKENING CENTRAL TO INTERIOR NE MA AND ENERGY GOING SOUTH INTO N CT AND THIS CONVECTIVE LINE MAY CONTINUE MERGING WITH ACTIVE CONVECTION COMING ACROSS W AND C CT COUNTIES TO KEEP ACTIVITY GOING INTO E CT NEXT 1-2HRS. PWS CLOSE TO 1.3" AND CAN POSSIBLY GET THAT MUCH IN A 40 TO 60 MINUTE TIME PERIOD. BUT STILL THINK CONVECTION WILL DECREASE PRETTY SUBSTANTIALLY CLOSER IT COMES TO OCEAN IN SE CT...RI AND E AND SE MA OVER THE REST OF THE EVENING...SO WILL NOT BE CONCERNED FOR FF THREAT EAST OF LINE FROM NEW LONDON COUNTY CT TO WORCESTER COUNTY MA TO HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY NH. WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR... . 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 4321 7111 4231 7087 4106 7347 4118 7376 . NNNN