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SATELLITE PRECIPITATION ESTIMATES..DATE/TIME 09/22/08 1319Z
SATELLITE ANALYSIS BRANCH/NESDIS---NPPU---TEL.301-763-8678
LATEST DATA USED: GOES-12 1302Z       CW
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LOCATION...PUERTO RICO...
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ATTN WFOS...SJU...
ATTN RFCS...
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EVENT...WARMING CLOUD TOP TEMPS AND HEAVIEST RAINS W/SW OF PUERTO RICO
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SATELLITE ANALYSIS AND TRENDS...OVER THE PAST HR CLOUD TOPS TEMPS
ASSOCIATED WITH THE BROAD AREA OF LOW PRESSURE THAT HAS BEEN VERY SLOW
MOVING THE PAST 48 HRS HAVE BEGUN TO WARM OVER PUERTO RICO.  IR IMAGERY
SHOWS COLDEST TOPS ARE CURRENTLY LOCATED OFFSHORE W AND SW OF WRN PR.
BECAUSE SOME THE OF HEAVIEST CONVECTION IS STILL VERY CLOSE TO THE
COASTAL AREAS...CANNOT RULE OUT MOD TO AT TIMES HVY RAINS BURSTS ALONG
COASTAL PORTIONS OF WRN AND SWRN THIS MORNING.
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OVERALL TREND...IS FOR RAIN RATES TO DECREASE ACROSS PR WITH MOD/HVY RAINS
LINGERING THE LONGEST ACROSS WRN PR THIS MORNING.  HOWEVER...ADDITIONAL
RAINS..SOME HVY AT TIMES COULD RETURN THIS AFTERNOON WITH DAYTIME HEATING
FURTHER DESTABILIZING THE VERY MOIST ENVIRONMENT AS THIS BROAD AREA OF LOW
PRESSURE IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TO LINGER OVER THE AREA FOR NEXT 12 HRS.
ANY ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL NOT BE WELCOME PARTICULARLY OVER AREAS THAT
HAVE ALREADY RECEIVED SEVERAL INCHES OF RAINFALL IN THE PAST 24 HRS.
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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 1888 6757 1866 6556 1772 6546 1745 6749
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