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SATELLITE PRECIPITATION ESTIMATES..DATE/TIME 06/23/08 1838Z
SATELLITE ANALYSIS BRANCH/NESDIS---NPPU---TEL.301-763-8678
LATEST DATA USED: GOES-12 1815Z       CW
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LOCATION...W PUERTO RICO...
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ATTN WFOS...SJU...
ATTN RFCS...
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EVENT...RECENT CLOUD TOP COOLING WITH NEARLY STATIONARY CONVECTIVE CELL
OVER W PUERTO RICO
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SATELLITE ANALYSIS AND TRENDS...LAST FEW STLT IMAGES INDICATE A CONVECTIVE
CELL ALONG THE W COASTLINE OF THE ISLAND HAS REMAINED NEARLY STATIONARY
FOR THE PAST 30-90 MINS AND HAS SHOW COOLING CLOUD TOPS.  THIS CELLS IS
LOCATED OVER MAYAGUEZ/HORMIGUEROS/N CABO ROJO/SAN GERMAN MANICIPALITIES
AND AN OVERSHOOTING CLOUD TOP WITH TEMP NEAR -64C.  THIS CELL IS LIKELY
PRODUCING VERY HVY RAINFALL ACROSS THESE AREAS AT THIS HR AND MORE
MOD/HVY RAINS ARE MOVING IN THEIR DIRECTION FROM E-W ACROSS THE ISLAND.
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SHOWERS AND TSTMS HAVE BEEN GENERALLY MOVING E TO W ACROSS THE ISLAND
ALL ASSOCIATED WITH A WWD PROPAGATING TROPICAL WAVE.  SCATTERED SHOWERS
AND TSTMS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE ACROSS THE ENTIRE ISLAND..WHILE
GREATEST FLOODING CONCERN WILL BE OVER THE AREAS MENTIONED ABOVE ALONG
THE WESTERN COASTLINE.
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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 1869 6762 1862 6551 1773 6548 1759 6756
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