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SATELLITE PRECIPITATION ESTIMATES..DATE/TIME 01/18/08 2230Z
SATELLITE ANALYSIS BRANCH/NESDIS---NPPU---TEL.301-763-8678
LATEST DATA USED: GOES-11 2215Z KUSSELSON
NOAA AMSU:1615Z  DMSP SSMI:1710Z/1747Z
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LOCATION...HAWAII...
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ATTN WFOS...HFO...
ATTN RFCS...AKRFC...
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EVENT...TROUGH ALOFT...MODERATE MOISTURE MAUI AND BIG ISLAND AND EASTERLY
WAVE ALL WORKING TOGETHER TO PRODUCE CONVECTIVE ACTIVITY...
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SATELLITE ANALYSIS AND TRENDS...BIG PICTURE FROM WATER VAPOR LOOP SHOWED
UPPER LEVEL TROUGH CENTERED OVER THE CENTRAL ISLANDS AND GRADUALLY
SHIFTING EAST.  THE APPROACH OF THE TROUGH FROM THE WEST...MOVEMENT
OF EASTERLY WAVE AND MODERATE MOISTURE ASSOCIATED WITH THE EASTERLY
WAVE FROM THE EAST (AT 150W 12Z/17 AND NOW OVER THE EASTERN ISLANDS)
HAS HELPED DEVELOP SOME HEFTY CONVECTIVE AROUND MAUI AND THE BIG ISLAND.
BLENDED TPW ANOMALY PRODUCT ONLY SHOWING MOISTURE AT BEST 150 PERCENT OF
NORMAL AND MAX PWS NEAR 1.5"/1.6"...AND THERE WERE LOTS OF BOUNDARIES
FOR CONVECTION TO CONTINUE TO SURVIVE AND WORK INLAND ACROSS PARTS OF
MAUI AND THE EASTERN TIP OF THE BIG ISLAND.
WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR...
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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 2281 15558 1987 15363 1760 15667 1845 15727 2055 15795
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