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SATELLITE PRECIPITATION ESTIMATES..DATE/TIME 07/30/04 1701Z
SATELLITE ANALYSIS BRANCH/NESDIS---NPPU---TEL.301-763-8678       
VALUES ARE MAX OR SGFNT EST. OROGRAPHIC CORRECTION IN AUTO-ESTS..
EST'S FM:/GOES12-CNTRL AND E. U.S./GOES10-W. U.S...              
                          LATEST DATA USED: GOES-12 1645Z     CK   
                    NOAA AMSU:1118Z   DMSP SSMI:1352Z  
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LOCATION...PUERTO RICO
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ATTN WFOS...SJU
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EVENT....CU/TCU INCRG...POTENTIAL FOR TSTMS WITH VERY HVY RAINFALL
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SATELLITE ANALYSIS AND TRENDS...PERSISTENT LOW LEVEL SE FLOW AND SOMESFC
CONVERGENCE IS RESULTING IN AN INCR OF CU/TCU ACR MOST OF THE ISLAND..ESP OVER
THE SE AND NW. SSMI AND AMSU MICROWAVE DATA INDICATE PWS AROUND 2". WITH THE
HIGH PWS..AND THE POTENTIAL FOR CELL MERGERS..RAINFALL RATES HAVE THE
POTENTIAL TO REACH 2" OR MORE/HR WHERE THUNDERSTORMS OCCUR/MERGE. AMSU AND
SSMI PW AMIMATIONS..AS WELL AS GOES WV AMIMATION..SHOWS SOME DRIER AIR PUSHING
IN FM THE WEST...WHICH WILL EVENTUALLY RESULT IN A DECREASE IN ACTIVITY.
HOWEVER..IN THE SHORTER TERM..FOR THIS AFTERNOON..SOME HVY TSTMS CAN BE
EXPECTED.
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1 HOUR HYDRO-ESTIMATOR TOTALS ARE ON AWIPS UNDER 1 HOUR AUTO SPE.
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EFFECTIVE SEPTEMBER 1 2004...THE HEADER IDENTIFICATION FOR THIS PRODUCT WILL
CHANGE FROM KWBC TO KNES.
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SEE NCEP HPC DISCUSSION AND QPF/S FOR FORECAST.
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....NESDIS SAB HAS BEEN ADDED TO 12 PLANET....
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HTTP://WWW.SSD.NOAA.GOV/PS/PCPN/                       
...ALL LOWER CASE EXCEPT/PS/PCPN..
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