ZCZC NFDSPENES ALL SPENES . SATELLITE PRECIPITATION ESTIMATES..DATE/TIME 09/11/07 1728Z SATELLITE ANALYSIS BRANCH/NESDIS---NPPU---TEL.301-763-8678 LATEST DATA USED: G12 1715Z CK . LOCATION...MASSACHUSETTS...RHODE ISLAND...CONNECTICUT...NEW YORK... LOCATION...NEW JERSEY... . ATTN WFOS...BOX...OKX...ALY... ATTN RFCS...NERFC... . EVENT...COOLING CLOUD TOPS/INCRG RAINFALL INTENSITY . SATELLITE ANALYSIS AND TRENDS...STLT IMAGERY ANIMATION HAS SHOWN A FEW SIGNIFICANT TRENDS IN THE 2-3 HRS. FIRST..SUBSYNOTPIC SCALE WAVE/ BAROCLINIC LEAF HAS BEEN RAPIDLY EVOLVING AS IT MOVES ACRS THE AREA FM ERN NY AND MUCH OF NEW ENGLAND. COVERAGE HAS BEEN EXPANDING AND CLOUD TOPS HAVE BEEN COOLING OVER E NY/MA/VT/NH. THIS AREA LIES WELL E OF SFC COLD FRONT..N OF WARM FRONT OVER SRN NEW ENGLAND..PER SFC DATA/ANALYSIS. AT THE SAME TIME..SMALL BUT INCR SW-NE BAND OF CNVTN EXTENDING FM CENTRAL/NRN NJ TO SE NY IS MOVG EWD. WITH WV IMAGERY ANIMATION SHOWING SOME BACKING OF FLOW OUT AHEAD OF SHARPENING AND EWD MOVG GREAT LAKES/OH VALLEY SHORT WAVE..WOULD EXPECT THIS LINE OF TSTMS TO MOVE NEWD TWD SRN NEW ENGLAND. FURTHER STRENGTHENING IS LIKLEY..AS OBJECTIVE ANALYSIS SHOWS SFC CONVERGENCE BULLESYE CENTERED OVER CT/RI WITH GENERAL AREA OF SFC CONVERGENCE ENCOMPASSING THE AREA FM S VT/NH/ME THRU LI/NE NJ. . ALTHOUGH MOVEMENT OF SYSTEMS MENTIONED ABOVE WILL PRECLUDE PROLONGED HEAVY RAINFALL INTENSITIES..HVY DOWNBURSTS OF 0.5-1" IN LESS THAN AN HR IS LIKELY. PW'S ARE ARE AOA 2" INVOF SRN NEW ENGLAND/LI/SE NY..WHICH WILL CONTRIBUTE TO HVY RAIN RATES. WHILE PROGRESSIVE MOVEMENT OVER NYC/LI WILL HOLD DOWN RAINFALL TOTALS..SITUATION WILL BE SOMEWHAT DIFFERENT FURTHER N...WHERE A COUPLE OF ROUNDS OF HVY PRECIP WILL BE CHANNELED..AFFECTING CT/RI/MA/SE NH/S MA. DO NOT SEE HVY TOTALS TO BE WIDESRPEAD..BUT BASED ON STLT TRENDS CAN SEE POSSIBILITY OF PARTS OF MA/CT/RI RECEIVING AN ADDITIONAL 1-2". . 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 4262 7279 4249 7016 4011 7025 3961 7315 4086 7393 . NNNN