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SATELLITE PRECIPITATION ESTIMATES..DATE/TIME 07/26/08 0724Z
SATELLITE ANALYSIS BRANCH/NESDIS---NPPU---TEL.301-763-8678
LATEST DATA USED: GOES-12 0715Z  RUMINSKI
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LOCATION...TENNESSEE...KENTUCKY...
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ATTN WFOS...LMK...OHX...
ATTN RFCS...OHRFC...
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EVENT...HEAVY RAIN WITH REPEAT CONVECTION ALONG CENTRAL KENTUCKY /
TENNESSEE BORDER
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SATELLITE ANALYSIS AND TRENDS...AM A LITTLE CONCERNED WITH PESKY CNVTN
THAT CONTS TO REDEVELOP ON THE BACK EDGE OVER SOUTH CENTRAL KY INVOF
BARREN..ALLEN..MONROE AND EDMONSON COUNTIES AND ALSO OVER MACON..CLAY
AND JACKSON COUNTIES IN TN. CLD TOP TEMPS ARE WARMER THAN THOSE FURTHER
W BUT EL'S ARE ALSO LOWER HERE. HARD TO GET A GOOD EL VALUE TO USE SINCE
THE RGN IS IN A GRADIENT BUT THEY APPEAR TO BE ARND -60C. WITH PLENTY OF
LOW LEVEL MOISTURE (PW'S AOA 2")..REPEAT CNVTN THAT HAS LIKELY LOCALLY
SATURATED LOW LEVELS AND WARM RAIN PROCESSES DOMINATING THESE SHOULD BE
VERY EFFICIENT RAIN MAKERS. RGN IS IN THE ERN EXTENT OF AN 8H THETA-E
MAX AXIS WITH THETA-E ADVECTION AIDING IN CNVTV DEVELOPMENT. FEEL THAT
AUTOMATED STLT ESTS ARE TOO LOW (ONLY SHOWING ABT 1" MAX) AND THAT
LOCALIZED AMNTS ARE MORE LIKELY IN THE 2.0 TO 2.5" RANGE.
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QUICK LOOK AT THE 0715Z IMAGE INDICATES CNVTN CONTS OVER NRN BARREN WITH
LITTLE MVMNT NOTED. SLOW MVMNT ALSO SEEN WITH COLDER TOPPED CELLS OVER
JACKSON COUNTY TN AND ADJOINING COUNTIES WITH SOME ADL CDL TOP COOLING
OVER NRN MACON.
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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 3716 8611 3653 8517 3621 8567 3690 8668
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