NOAA Office of Satellite and Product Operations
Satellite Precipitation Message

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SATELLITE PRECIPITATION ESTIMATES..DATE/TIME 02/18/18 0514Z
SATELLITE ANALYSIS BRANCH/NESDIS---NPPU---TEL.301-683-1404
LATEST DATA USED: GOES-15 EIR/WV 0455Z / MIMIC-TPW 04Z; BAK
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LOCATION...CENTRAL AND EASTERN HAWAIIAN ISLANDS...
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ATTN WFOS...HFO...
ATTN RFCS...APRFC...
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EVENT...HEAVY CONVECTIVE RAINS
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SATELLITE ANALYSIS AND TRENDS...LATEST GOES-15 LOOP/RADAR
SHOWS SLO MOVG AREAS OF SHRA/TSRA AFFECTING OAHU/MOLOKAI/
LANAI/WRN PART OF THE BIG ISL. MIMIC-TPW LOOP INDICATES A
NW RETREATING AXIS OF PWATS AS HI AS 2" CURRENTLY LOCATED
BTWN THE BIG ISL AND MAUI. THIS FEATURE INTERSECTS A SFC
TROF THAT BISECTS THE ISL CHAIN AND IS PROVIDING A FOCUS
FOR CNVTV ACTIVITY. 00Z PHTO/PHLI RAOBS QUITE UNSTABLE
WITH SFC BASED LIS RANGING FROM -4 TO -6. IN ADDITION,
WELL-DEFINED S/W TROF EVIDENT ON 6.5 WV IMAGERY NR PHHF
DIGGING SEWD TOWARDS AREA.
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SHORT TERM OUTLOOK VALID 0510-0910Z...MEDIUM-HIGH
CONFIDENCE FACTOR IN SHORT TERM OUTLOOK...GIVEN UNSTABLE
ATMOS, APPROACHING S/W TROF GRADUALLY ENHANCING LRG SCALE
ASCENT, AND NRLY STNRY SFC BNDRY XPCT CONT DVLPMNT OF HVY
SHRA/TSRA NEXT SVRL HRS PRIMARY OVR/ALONG N COASTS OF
OAHU/MOLOKAI/LANAI/WRN MAUI. ACTIVITY APPEARS TO BE HIGHLY
TIED TO LAND/OROGRAPHICS SO LOCALIZED TRAINING OF ECHOES
IS LIKELY.
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....NESDIS IS A MEMBER OF NWSCHAT (NESDISSATELLITEPRECIP)....
....NESDIS IS A MEMBER OF 12 PLANET....
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http://www.star.nesdis.noaa.gov/smcd/emb/ff/CONUS.php
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LAT...LON 2214 15732 2169 15608 2056 15580 2000 15715 2072 15846
2175 15896
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