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SATELLITE PRECIPITATION ESTIMATES..DATE/TIME 02/09/08 1821Z
SATELLITE ANALYSIS BRANCH/NESDIS---NPPU---TEL.301-763-8678
LATEST DATA USED: GOES-11: 1800Z		DS
QUIKSCAT: 1618Z NOAA AMSU: 1550Z
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LOCATION...HAWAII...
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ATTN WFOS...HFO...
ATTN RFCS...AKRFC...
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EVENT...SHOWERS CONTINUE TO AFFECT THE BIG ISLAND
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SATELLITE ANALYSIS AND TRENDS...WV IMAGERY SHOWS UPPER TROF WHICH HAS
SLOWLY PROGRESSED S AND EWD ACROSS THE ISLANDS OVER THE PAST FEW DAYS
WITH A WEAK EMBEDDED CIRCULATION SW OF THE BIG ISLAND. THIS CIRCULATION
SHOWS UP WELL IN LATEST GOES SATL WIND ANALYSIS WITH UPPER LVL FLOW
PULLING HIGH CLOUDS NWD ON THE ERN SIDE OF THE BIG ISLAND. THIS FEATURE
HAS ALLOWED FOR BOTH LOW/HI LVL MOISTURE TO BE PULLED ACROSS THE SERN
SIDE OF HAWAII CAUSING NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND OCCASSIONALLY ORGANIZING
INTO LARGER MASSES TO STORMS SUCH AS THIS MORNINGS HEAVIER RAINS. PW
PLUME SHOWN BY RECENT AMSU PASS HAS 1.6-1.7" VALUES AROUND THE ISLAND
BROKEN OFF FROM THE CENTER OF THE PW PLUME. JUST IN QUIKSCAT WINDS SHOW
ENERLY SFC WIND FLOW ACROSS THE WATERS TO THE E OF THE ISLAND TURNING
TWDS THE S/SW AT THE SRN POINT OF THE BIG ISLAND. THUS EXPECT CELLS
SHOULD CONTINUE THEIR CURRENT PATTERN ON THE E/S SIDES OF THE ISLAND
BY MOVING ALONG OR JUST OFF THE COAST TO THE S/SW. AREAL AVG OFFSHORE
RAIN RATES FROM ABOVE MENTIONED AMSU PASS WERE BETWEEN 0.15-0.35"/HR
THOUGH FURTHER SE NEAR 15N/150W RATES INCREASED GREATLY INVOF MAIN AXIS
OF THE PW PLUME..BUT DO NOT EXPECT THESE TO REACH HAWAII. GOES SOUNDER
SHOWS DRIER AND MORE STABLE AIR NOW OVER MUCH OF THE HAWAIIAN ISLAND
CHAIN..FROM KAUAI TO THE WRN HALF OF MAUI. 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 2078 15557 1949 15364 1816 15588 1988 15701
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