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SATELLITE PRECIPITATION ESTIMATES..DATE/TIME 07/17/08 1848Z
SATELLITE ANALYSIS BRANCH/NESDIS---NPPU---TEL.301-763-8678
LATEST DATA USED: GOES-12 1815Z       CW
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LOCATION...SW SOUTH CAROLINA...NE FLORIDA...SE GEORGIA...
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ATTN WFOS...CHS...CAE...MLB...JAX...
ATTN RFCS...SERFC...
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EVENT...BANDED HVY RAINS TO CONTINUE NEXT SEVERAL HRS ALONG COASTAL AREAS
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SATELLITE ANALYSIS AND TRENDS...RECENT STLT IMAGERY SHOWS CLOSED LOW
CENTERED NEAR 30N/80W (ABOUT 100 KM E OF JAX).  BANDS OF MOD/HVY RAINS
HAVE BEEN IMPACTING PRIMARILY THE COASTAL AREAS OF SW SC/GA/NW FL EARLY
THIS AFTERNOON AND IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TO BE THE FOCAL POINT OF
ADDITIONAL MOD/HVY RAINS FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON AS THE LOW
IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE SPINNING NEAR ITS PRESENT LOCATION.  PW VALUES
FROM GOES SOUNDER/GPS NETWORK RANGE FROM 2.0" OVER SW SC AND INCREASE
AS YOU MOVE SWD TO ABOUT 2.4" NEAR JAX.
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3-HR STLT ESTIMATES INDICATE ABOUT 1.5" HAS ALREADY FALLEN OVER PORTIONS
OF DUVAL COUNTY IN NW FL.  MUCH COLDER CLOUD TOPS (-67C) ARE FOUND
OFFSHORE AND CLOSER TO THE CENTER OF CIRCULATION..IT IS POSSIBLE THAT SOME
OF THESE COLDER TOPPED CLOUDS MAY REACH GA/SC COASTAL AREAS LATER THIS
AFTERNOON BRINGING WITH IT INCREASED RAIN RATES OF POTENTIALLY 1-2"/HR.
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CURRENT THINKING IS FOR 1-2" IN RAINFALL AMOUNTS OVER THE NEXT FEW
HRS ACROSS THE DISCUSSION AREA WITH RAINFALL RATES GENERALLY BETWEEN
0.5-1.0"/HR.
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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 3313 8086 3189 7898 2895 8098 3020 8293
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