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SATELLITE PRECIPITATION ESTIMATES..DATE/TIME 07/08/08 0006Z
SATELLITE ANALYSIS BRANCH/NESDIS---NPPU---TEL.301-763-8678
LATEST DATA USED: GOES-12: 2345Z		DS
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LOCATION...W PENNSYLVANIA...N WEST VIRGINIA...S OHIO...
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ATTN WFOS...CTP...PBZ...RLX...CLE...ILN...
ATTN RFCS...OHRFC...
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EVENT...HVY RAIN MOVING TWDS LOWER FFG
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SATELLITE ANALYSIS AND TRENDS...IR IMAGERY SHOWS COLDEST CLOUD TOPS
ASSCD WITH LINE OF STORMS OVER OH/NW PA HAVE BROKEN INTO TWO SEPARATE
AREAS. ONE AREA APPEARS SLIGHTLY WEAKER AS IT MOVES EWD INTO NW PA AND HAS
SHOWN SIGNS OF WARMING RECENTLY AND OVERSHOOTING TOPS HAVE DISAPPEARED
FROM IT. THE OTHER PART HAS EXPANDED TO THE SW TO NEAR CMH/LCK AND HAS
TOPS OF -70 TO -72C FROM LCK TO ZZV TO JUST SE OF PHD. THIS CLUSTER OF
CELLS ALONG WITH THOSE OVER SW OH APPEARS TO BE BECOMING W-E ORIENTED TO
CONNECT IN WITH THE CELLS BUILDING ACROSS IND THOUGH THE BOWING SEEN MAY
ALLOW FOR IT TO CONTINUE TO MOVE ESERLY INTO NW WV RATHER THAN STAY W-E
ORIENTED INTO WV/PA/WRN MD. GOES SOUNDER/GPS VALUES STILL SHOW NEAR 2"
PW'S OVER SW OH/IND THAT MAY DECREASE JUST A BIT TO LIKELY 1.8" ENTERING
SW PA/NRN WV..GIVEN SLIGHTLY LOWER DWPTS THERE. AUTOMATED STLT ESTIMATES
INDICATED RAINFALL RATES OF 1-1.5"/HR STILL OCCURRING BUT STARTING TO
WEAKEN WITH LOSS OF DAYTIME HEATING. ALSO LATEST OBJECTIVE ANALYSIS
SHOWED THETA-E MIN NOW OVER SE OH/W PA/WV AS THE CELLS FARTHER W BEGIN
TO ENHANCE. EXPECT HEAVIEST RAINS TO OCCUR OVER SRN OH IN W-E ORIENTED
LINE WITH GRADUAL WEAKENING OCCURRING AS STORMS MOVE INTO PA/WV..BUT WITH
SOME RELATIVELY LOW FFG IN THOSE TWO STATES..THERE STILL COULD BE SOME
LOCALIZED FLOOD PROBLEMS DURING NEXT 1-2 HRS. WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR.
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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 4171 7951 4128 7876 3866 8026 3879 8038 3939 8278
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