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SATELLITE PRECIPITATION ESTIMATES..DATE/TIME 07/02/08 2124Z
SATELLITE ANALYSIS BRANCH/NESDIS---NPPU---TEL.301-763-8678
LATEST DATA USED: G12  2115 CK
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LOCATION...MAINE...MASSACHUSETTS...NEW HAMPSHIRE...
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ATTN WFOS...CAR...GYX...BOX...
ATTN RFCS...NERFC...
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EVENT...WARM TOP TSTMS ASSOCD WITH SHORT WAVE/SFC FRONT..INCRG
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SATELLITE ANALYSIS AND TRENDS...WARM TOP TSTMS HAVE BEEN AFFECTING
PARTS OF THE AREA FM S NEW ENGLAND THRU NH/W MAINE OVER THE PAST FEW
HRS. HOWEVER..CONVECTIVE CLOUD TOPS HAVE REACHED THEIR COOLEST LEVELS
THUS FAR..TO -46C..OVER NH AND W MAINE. THESE STMS ARE ASSOCD WITH SHORT
WAVE ALOFT AND SFC BOUNDARY. WV IMAGERY SHOWS SHORT WAVE EXTENDING FM
VT/NH THRU LONG ISLAND..WITH PSBL VORT CENTER OVER MA.
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VIS IMAGERY SHOWS CELL MERGERS OVER HILLSBOROUGH/MERRIMACK AND CARROLL
COUNTIES IN NH AND OXFORD AND FRANKLIN COUNTIES IN MAINE AND VCNTY OF
MIDDLESEX/WORCESTER COUNTIES IN MA. DESPITE THE WARM TOPS..CONSIDERING
PW'S AROUND 1"/DEW POINTS IN THE 60S AND CELL MERGERS..MANUAL STLT
ESTIMATES INDICATE RAINFALL AROUND 1" IN A HALF HR. OVER MA..TSTMS WILL
PERSIST OVER THE NEXT HR OR TWO..BUT SHOULD EVENTUALLY LIFT NEWD PER
PIVOTING SHORT WAVE. FOR NH AND PARTS OF W MAINE..LOOKS LIKE AT LEAST
ANOTHER COUPLE OF HRS OF HVY RAIN..WITH STLT TRENDS SUGGESTING ADDITIONAL
AMOUNTS OF 1-2".
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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 4554 6936 4362 6904 4242 7038 4242 7191 4476 7118
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