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SATELLITE PRECIPITATION ESTIMATES..DATE/TIME 06/22/08 0912Z
SATELLITE ANALYSIS BRANCH/NESDIS---NPPU---TEL.301-763-8678
LATEST DATA USED: G12  0845Z  CK
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NOAA AMSU:0619Z
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LOCATION...PUERTO RICO...
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ATTN WFOS...SJU...

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EVENT...TROPICAL WAVE MOVG TWD PUERTO RICO..POTENTIAL FOR HVY SHOWERS
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SATELLITE ANALYSIS AND TRENDS...GOES IR IMAGERY SHOWS LEADING EDGE OF
TROPICAL WAVE HAS PUSHED W OF WINDWARD/LEEWARD ISLANDS. THUS FAR..NOT
IMPRESSIVE IN TERMS OF CONVECTION. ATTM..THE TROPICAL WAVE IS ACCOMPANIED
BY SCT BANDS OF CU/TCU AND LOW TOP CBS. LEADING EDGE OF WAVE DOES SHOW
SOME INCR IN BKN/NARROW BAND OF SHOWERS..WHICH STLT EXTRAP INDICATES WOULD
REACH E COAST OF PR APPX 14Z. SEE ANNOTATED GRAPHIC AT WEB ADDRESS BELOW.
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AHEAD OF THE WAVE..SOME SHOWERS HAVE DEVELOPED ALONG AND E OF THE E COAST
OF PUERTO RICO. GOES SOUNDER AND NOAA AMSU PW PASSES SHOWED PW'S AROUND
1.7"..AND LI VALUES AROUND -3C. WITH DECENT MOISTURE AND INSTABILITY
ALREADY IN PLACE..ALONG WITH DEVELOPING SHOWERS OFF E COAST..WOULD EXPECT
SHOWERS WITH TROPICAL WAVE WILL PRODUCE MOD/HVY DOWNPOURS OVER VIRGIN
ISLANDS AND PUERTO RICO LATER THIS MORNING/AFTN.
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SEE ANNOTATED GRAPHIC IN APPX 10 MINUTES AT WEB ADDRESS BELOW.
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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 1896 6754 1891 6450 1736 6419 1733 6788
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