ZCZC NFDSPENES ALL SPENES MAZ000-NHZ000-RIZ000-VTZ000-CTZ000-NYZ000-NJZ000-PAZ000- . SATELLITE PRECIPITATION ESTIMATES..DATE/TIME 09/06/08 2214Z SATELLITE ANALYSIS BRANCH/NESDIS---NPPU---TEL.301-763-8678 LATEST DATA USED: GOES-12 2202Z . LOCATION...MASSACHUSETTS...NEW HAMPSHIRE...RHODE ISLAND...VERMONT... LOCATION...CONNECTICUT...S NEW YORK...NEW JERSEY...E PENNSYLVANIA... . ATTN WFOS...GYX...BOX...BTV...OKX...ALY...PHI...BGM... ATTN RFCS...NERFC...MARFC... . EVENT...HANNA . SATELLITE ANALYSIS AND TRENDS...HANNA CONTINUES TO GO THROUGH EXTRA-TROPICAL TRANSITION ALREADY WITH MANY NON-TROPICAL FEATURES...INCLUDING THE CONTINUED COOLING/EXPANSION OF THE DEFORMATION ZONE INTO A LARGER BAROCLINIC SHIELD FROM N NJ INTO NH AND THE EROSION OF THE CENTER FEATURE SE OF NJ. VIS LOOP SHOWS RAPIDLY MOVING LOWER LEVEL CU ACROSS LONG ISLAND INTO SE NY/CT ATTM INDICATIVE OF STRONG WARM SECTOR LOW LEVEL FLOW WITH HIGH MST FLUX. WITH POLAR SATELLITE PW ESTIMATES 2.2-2.4"...RATES OF 1.5-2.0" ARE POSSIBLE WITHIN THE S TO SELY ORIENTED BAND WITH THE COLDEST TOPS SUCH AS THOSE RAPIDLY MOVING ACROSS ROCKLAND INTO ORANGE COUNTY NY...THOUGH IT IS THE ISENTROPIC LIFT OVER NORTHERLY SFC FLOW IN THE REGION THAT HAS LEAD TO EXTREME MST CONVERGENCE AND EFFICIENT WRINGING OF THE ATMOSPHERE MORE IN THE RANGE OF 1.0"/HR OVER THE NEW DEFORMATION ZONE/AFFECTIVE FRONT FROM ULSTER/GREENE COUNTY NY TO W MA TO S NH. THE EASTWARD PROGRESSION OF THE BAND TOWARD THE EAST WILL MAINTAIN SIMILAR CONDITIONS OVER THE NEXT 3-6HR WITH TOTALS IN THE 3-5" RANGE WITH HIGHER LOCALIZED TOTALS OVER 7-8" POSSIBLE ESPECIALLY IN OROGRAPHIC AREAS THAT FACE SOUTHWARD. . SEE NCEP HPC DISCUSSION AND QPF/S FOR FORECAST. ....NESDIS IS A MEMBER OF 12 PLANET.... . SSD/SAB WEB ADDRESS FOR PRECIP ESTIMATES: HTTP://WWW.SSD.NOAA.GOV/PS/PCPN/ ...ALL LOWER CASE EXCEPT /PS/PCPN/ . LAT...LON 4366 7151 4245 7028 4027 7402 4187 7559 . NNNN