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SATELLITE PRECIPITATION ESTIMATES..DATE/TIME 05/05/09 1537Z
SATELLITE ANALYSIS BRANCH/NESDIS---NPPU---TEL.301-763-8678
LATEST DATA USED: GOES-12 1515Z		BELGE
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LOCATION...SOUTH CAROLINA...GEORGIA...
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ATTN WFOS...ILM...CHS...CAE...JAX...FFC...
ATTN RFCS...SERFC...
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EVENT...COOLING CLOUD TOPS AND TRAINING CELLS INTO GA AND SC
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SATELLITE ANALYSIS AND TRENDS...LATEST G-12 IR IMAGERY IS INDICATING
COOLING CLOUD TOPS OVER THE PAST FEW HOURS WITH THE CONVECTIVE COMPLEX
OVER E AND SE GA AND INTO SW SC ALSO TAKING ON WEDGE SHAPE SIGNATURE
INDICATIVE OF INCREASING UPPER DIFFLUENCE. CLOUD TOP TEMPS ARE APPROACHING
-70C NEAR BURKE AND JENKINS COUNTIES WITH OVERSHOOTING TOPS SEEN IN THE
VIS. WITH THE THETA-E RIDGE UPSTREAM OF THE CONVECTION THE CONCERN WILL
BE TRAINING CELLS INTO THE CONVECTIVE COMPLEX. SURFACE CONVERGENCE IS
ALSO SEEN UPSTREAM OF THE MAIN CONVECTION AS NEW CELLS ARE DEVELOPING
AND STRENGTHENING OVER WASHINGTON/WILKINSON COUNTIES AND MOVING TOWARDS
THE E INTO THE TRAINING LINE OF CELLS. AUTOMATED SATELLITE ESTIMATES ARE
INDICATING THAT 1-2"/HR RAIN RATES COULD BE EXPECTED WITH THESE CELLS WITH
RAINFALL TOTALS OF AT LEAST 2-3" NEAR JENKINS AND SCREVEN COUNTIES. AS
TRAINING SHOULD CONTINUE OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS THE AREAS FROM BURKE
COUNTY ENE TOWARDS ALLENDALE COUNTY SHOULD EXPECT TO SEE MOD/HVY RAIN
PERSIST WITH THIS CONVECTION.
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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 3390 8021 3321 7963 3191 8240 3265 8369
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