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SATELLITE PRECIPITATION ESTIMATES..DATE/TIME 07/22/08 1825Z
SATELLITE ANALYSIS BRANCH/NESDIS---NPPU---TEL.301-763-8678
LATEST DATA USED: GOES-12: 1815Z		DS
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LOCATION...E NORTH CAROLINA...
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ATTN WFOS...AKQ...MHX...RAH...
ATTN RFCS...SERFC...
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EVENT...STNRY CELLS FORMING
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SATELLITE ANALYSIS AND TRENDS...IR IMAGERY SHOWS RAPIDLY COOLING CLOUD
TOPS OF SW-NE LINE OF TSTORMS FROM NE DUPLIN COUNTY THROUGH CURRITUCK
COUNTY IN EXTREME NE NC. 1745Z IR ALREADY SHOWS CLOUD TOP TEMPS OF -62C
TO -67C  AND THAT RAPID COOLING HAS OCCURRED OVER THE PAST 45-60 MIN. WV
IMAGERY SHOWS S/WV MOVING ACROSS THE MID-ATLANTIC STATES..THE TAIL END OF
WHICH MAY BE PROVIDING SOME LIFT OVER E NC..OR AT THE LEAST HAS PULLED
SOME RESIDUAL TROPICAL MOISTURE ONSHORE FROM OFF THE NC COAST. MAY BE
SOME SLIGHT INFLUENCE FROM COASTAL SEABREEZE THAT IS HOLDING CELLS IN
THEIR CURRENT POSITION AND DOES NOT APPEAR AS THOUGH THEY WILL BE MOVING
ANYTIME SOON WITH FAIRLY LIGHT FLOW PER SFC/GOES STLT WINDS..CELLS MAY
WAIT FOR TAIL OF S/WV TO CROSS THE STATE BEFORE MOVING EWD. PW VALUES ARE
IN THE RANGE OF 1.7-1.9" OVER EXTREME ERN NC WITH GOES SOUNDER INDICATED
3000 J/KG OF CAPE AS WELL. JUST IN 1815Z IMAGE SHOWED ADDTL EXPANSION OF
CLOUD TOPS WITH COLDEST AT -64C AND VIS SHOWING OUTFLOWS EXPANDING FROM
THE SE SIDE..PARTICULARLY OVER JONES/BEAUFORT/CRAVEN COUNTIES. MANUEL
STLT ESTIMATES GIVE AMOUNTS OF JUST OVER 2" FOR THE HR 1715-1815Z. 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 3660 7565 3625 7528 3466 7739 3516 7811
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