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SATELLITE PRECIPITATION ESTIMATES..DATE/TIME 09/21/08 1135Z
SATELLITE ANALYSIS BRANCH/NESDIS---NPPU---TEL.301-763-8678
LATEST DATA USED: GOES-12 1115Z KUSSELSON
NOAA AMSU:0929Z
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LOCATION...E PUERTO RICO...VIEQUES...ST THOMAS...
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ATTN WFOS...SJU...
ATTN RFCS...SERFC...
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EVENT...SCARY 0929Z MICROWAVE PASS NEARBY...
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SATELLITE ANALYSIS AND TRENDS...VERY OMINOUS GOES AND MICROWAVE IMAGERY
THIS MORNING WITH FURTHER BLOSSOMING OF CONVECTION AND HVY RAIN MOVING
INTO EASTERN PUERTO RICO AND VIEQUES AND VERY HVY RAIN NEAR BY AS -80C
CLOUD TOPS JUST OFFSHORE SE COAST OF ISLAND.  CONSOLIDATION HAS OCCURRED
AS CONVECTIVE COMPLEX EAST AND NE OF PUERTO RICO HAS BACK BUILT TO THE
SOUTHWEST AND BEGUN TO MERGE WITH THE NEW COLD TOPS
EMANATING FROM FROM CONVECTIVE BLOB SOUTH OF PUERTO RICO.  WITH UPPER
TROUGH OR SO CALLED TUTT TROUGH DRIFTING A LITTLE MORE WEST TOWARD THE
EASTERN PART OF HISPANOLA...THIS WILL CONTINUE TO ALLOW EVEN DEEPER
MOISTURE INTO THE ISLANDS FOR EXCESSIVE RAINS AND FF THREAT INCREASING
THIS MORNING ESPECIALLY EASTERN THIRD OF ISLAND AND ISLAND OFF TO THE EAST
OF PUERTO RICO...ESPECIALLY VIEQUES AND ST THOMAS.  MAX RAIN RATES CAN
REACH 1-2 INCHES IN AN HR....HIGHER AMOUNTS WITH SLOWER MOVEMENT OF CELLS
AND/OR CLOUD TOPS REACHING -75C OR COLDER.   WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR...
SEE SATELLITE ESTIMATE GRAPHIC FOR THE PERIOD 0745-1045Z ON HOME PAGE
AT ADDRESS BELOW.   MAX AMOUNTS 3.0"/3HR AS CLOSE AS 30 MILES TO SE
COAST...AND MOST LIKELY CLOSER TO THE COAST OR JUST INLAND NOW OR SHORTLY.
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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 1886 6577 1848 6424 1713 6471 1721 6647 1774 6672
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