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SATELLITE PRECIPITATION ESTIMATES..DATE/TIME 06/21/08 1455Z
SATELLITE ANALYSIS BRANCH/NESDIS---NPPU---TEL.301-763-8678
LATEST DATA USED: GOES-12 1415Z       CW
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LOCATION...FLORIDA...
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ATTN WFOS...TBW...JAX...TAE...MOB...
ATTN RFCS...SERFC...
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EVENT...RECENT CLOUD TOP COOLING OBSERVED AS GULF COAST TSTMS MOVE ASHORE
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SATELLITE ANALYSIS AND TRENDS...MORNING VIS IMAGERY SHOWS TSTMS ALONG
THE WESTERN COASTAL WATERS OF FL HAVE BEGUN TO PUSH INLAND OVER THE PAST
FEW HRS.  CONVECTION APPEARS TO BE IN RESPONSE TO A MID-LVL VORT AND
ASSOCIATED S/WV MOVING EWD ACROSS NE AL/NW GA PER WV IMAGERY AND SFC
CONVERGENCE PROVIDED BY WEAK SFC BOUNDARY DRAPED WSW-ESE ACROSS S GA.
IN THE LAST 2 HRS CLOUD TOPS TEMPS FROM IR ANIMATION INDICATES COOLING
OF CLOUD TOPS..MOST AROUND -52C.  THE COLDEST TOPS ARE CURRENTLY LOCATED
S OF BKV AND N OF TPA AT -62C.
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SFC WINDS ARE RATHER LIGHT..CALM TO 5 KTS AND AS A RESULT STORMS ARE
MOVING VERY SLOWLY TO THE ENE.  HVY RAINS ARE LIKELY THIS MORNING AND
INTO THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS N AND CENTRAL FL AS PW VALUES ARE AOA 1.6"
(WITH MAX OF 1.9" FOR POINTS E AND S OF TPA).  AVERAGE RAIN RATES WITH
THESE STORMS ARE ESTIMATED TO BE BETWEEN 0.75-1.0"/HR..LOCALLY HIGHER
RATES ARE POSSIBLE UP TO 2.0"/HR.
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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 3066 8705 3026 8195 2794 8206 2940 8745
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