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SATELLITE PRECIPITATION ESTIMATES..DATE/TIME 05/01/08 1553Z
SATELLITE ANALYSIS BRANCH/NESDIS---NPPU---TEL.301-763-8678
LATEST DATA USED: GOES-12 1532Z    CW
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LOCATION...PUERTO RICO...
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ATTN WFOS...SJU...
ATTN RFCS...
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EVENT...CONVECTION FIRING ALONG SEA BREEZE FRONT
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SATELLITE ANALYSIS AND TRENDS...CONVERGENCE ALONG W-E ORIENTED SEA BREEZE
FRONT..DRAPPED ACROSS THE SOUTHERN 1/3 OF THE ISLAND ALONG WITH DAYTIME
HEATING AND INCREASING LLVL MOISTURE IS RESULTING IN SCATTERED CONVECTIVE
CELLS.  NORTH OF THE FRONT CU/TCU HAVE BEGUN TO RAPIDLY EXPAND RESULTING
IN SCATTERED CELLS ACROSS MUCH OF THE ISLAND.  LVL MOISTURE HAS INCREASED
FROM YESTERDAY AS A NEW SYNOPTIC-SCALE FRONTAL BOUNDARY IS SLOWLY PUSHING
ESEWD AND CURRENTLY OVER E CUBA/HAITI/ DOMINICAN REPUBLIC.  PW VALUES FROM
THE 1045Z SSMI WERE AROUND 2.0" AND THE AMSU 0948Z PASS REVEALED 1.6-1.7"
SURROUNDING PR.  AT THIS TIME NOT EXPECTING A WIDESPEAD ORGANIZED HVY
RAINFALL EVENT TODAY..INSTEAD LEANING TOWARDS ISOLATED CONVECTIVE CELLS
ALONG AND JUST NORTH OF THE SEA BREEZE FRONT.  INDIVIDUAL CELLS MAY BE
CAPABLE OF PRODUCING RAINFALL RATES UP TO 1.0-2.0/HR..AND BIGGEST CONCERN
WOULD BE IF CELLS PRODUCING THESE HIGH RAIN RATES REMAIN STATIONARY FOR
MORE THAN AN HOUR OR TWO.
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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 1861 6732 1857 6561 1783 6555 1787 6732
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