NOAA Office of Satellite and Product Operations
Satellite Precipitation Message

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SATELLITE PRECIPITATION ESTIMATES..DATE/TIME 07/09/18 1053Z
SATELLITE ANALYSIS BRANCH/NESDIS---NPPU---TEL.301-683-1404
LATEST DATA USED: GOES-17 1042Z
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LOCATION...PUERTO RICO...
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ATTN WFOS...SJU...
ATTN RFCS...
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EVENT...REMNANTS OF BERYL
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SATELLITE ANALYSIS AND TRENDS...LATEST BLENDED PW ANALYSIS IS SHOWING THAT THE LEADING EDGE OF THE MOST ANOMALOUS MOISTURE, ASSOCIATED WITH THE REMNANTS OF BERYL, WAS BEGINNING TO OVERSPREAD PUERTO RICO AND THE US VI. THE MOST RECENT (0824Z), COARSE RESOLUTION, NOAA AMSU RAINFALL RATES WERE SHOWING RAINFALL RATES GENERALLY RUNNING BETWEEN 1.25-1.50" JUST W OF GUADELOUPE, MONTSERRAT AND SAINT KITTS. SINCE THAT TIME, HAVE ALSO BEGUN TO SEE SOME CONVECTIVE DEVELOPMENT ABOUT 50 KM W OF ST. CROIX. BASED ON THE COMBINATION OF EARLIER AMSU RAINFALL RATES AND MORE RECENT GOES SATELLITE ESTIMATES, BELIEVE RAINFALL RATES JUST E OF ST. CROIX ARE LIKELY RUNNING AROUND 1.0-2.0"/HR. IN THE MID AND UPPER LEVELS, WV WAS SHOWING AN ELONGATED UPPER LOW EXTENDED FROM THE VIC OF THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC W TOWARDS THE S GULF OF MEXICO. ALTHOUGH THE MAIN CIRCULATION WITHIN THIS AXIS WAS LOCATED OVER CENTRAL CUBA, THERE DID APPEAR TO BE A WEAK UPPER LOW DEVELOPING JUST N OF THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC ALONG WITH A WEAK JET STREAK TO ITS E THAT MAY INTERACT WITH REMNANTS OF BERYL THROUGHOUT THE DAY. WOULD EXPECT HEAVIER RAINFALL TO BEGIN TO OVERSPREAD THE VI OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS AND THEN OVER E PORTIONS OF PUERTO RICO BETWEEN 12-14Z AND THEN CONTINUE THROUGHOUT THE DAY OVER THE ENTIRE AREA. EARLIER ASCAT PASS WAS SHOWING SURFACE WINDS OF 30KTS TO THE E OF SHARP SURFACE TROF AXIS AND THIS SHOULD HELP TO ENHANCE LOCALIZED HEAVY RAINFALL THREAT OVER ANY FAVORED E/SE FACING TERRAIN.
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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 1891 6691 1874 6425 1814 6390 1731 6451 1723 6588
1753 6752 1834 6779
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