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SATELLITE PRECIPITATION ESTIMATES..DATE/TIME 07/05/08 1254Z
SATELLITE ANALYSIS BRANCH/NESDIS---NPPU---TEL.301-763-8678
LATEST DATA USED: G12  1245Z  CK
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LOCATION...SW VIRGINIA...SW/S WEST VIRGINIA...SE/E KENTUCKY...
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ATTN WFOS...RNK...RLX...MRX...JKL...
ATTN RFCS...OHRFC...LMRFC...
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EVENT...WARM TOP CNVTN MOVG EWD..MOD/HVY RAIN
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SATELLITE ANALYSIS AND TRENDS...VIS AND IR IMAGERY SHOW TO AREAS OF
MOD TO HVY CNVTN. ONE IS A NARROW BAND EXTENDING FM VCNTY OF JKL ENE
ACRS THE KY/WV BORDER. THE OTHER AREA IS BROADER..ALSO WARM TOP..WHICH
CONSISTS OF EMBEDDED HEAVY CLUSTERS OVER SE KY TO THE SW VA BORDER AND
EXTENDS TO SE TN. CURRENT IR/VIS/WV TRENDS SUGGEST THAT THESE TWO AREAS
OF CVNTN WILL COMBINE/MERGE ACRS THE AREA INVOF KY/VA AND SW WV BORDERS.
SEE GRAPHIC AT WEB PAGE FOR THIS DEPICTION.
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DUE TO WARM TOP NATURE OF THE CNVTN STLT ESTIMATES ARE DIFFICULT
TO ASCERTAIN ATTM. HOWEVER...WITH DEW POINTS IN THE 60S/PW'S AROUND
1.4-1.5"..HVY RAIN BURSTS CAN OCCUR IN SHORT PERIODS OF TIME..ESP WITH
MERGERS. 0.5-1" IN AN HR CAN OCCUR..WITH SOME LOCALIZED 1"+ IN AN HR PSBL.
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WV IMAGERY SHOW UPPR FLOW BACKING IN RESPONSE TO SW-NE ORIENTED SHORT
WAVE NW OF THE DISCUSSION AREA. THIS SUGGESTS THAT WHILE THERE IS SOME
EWD PROGRESSION OF THE CNVTN NOW..THERE MAY BE SOME SLOWING DOWN LATER ON.
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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 3783 8294 3779 8170 3709 8187 3694 8356 3742 8349
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