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Satellite Tropical Disturbance Rainfall Estimates


SATELLITE TROPICAL DISTURBANCE RAINFALL ESTIMATES
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
1545 UTC SAT OCT 06 2018

SYSTEM NAME                       DATE/TIME          LOCATION
-----------                       ---------          --------
TROPICAL STORM WALAKA [01C]       06/1200 UTC          35N 165W 

RAINFALL ESTIMATED BY SATELLITE VIA QMORPH...
24-HR RAINFALL MAXIMUM FROM 12-12 UTC- 60MM AT 37N 162W
6-HR RAINFALL MAXIMUM FROM 06-12 UTC- 20MM AT 37N 162W
RAINFALL DISTRIBUTION IN MM OVER THE LAST 6 HOURS FROM 06-12 UTC...

LATITUDE............................LONGITUDE......................
.......168W-167W 167W-166W 166W-165W 165W-164W 164W-163W 163W-162W
37N-38N   0- 10     0-  0     0- 10     0- 10     0-  0     0-  0
36N-37N   0- 30     0- 20     0- 10     0- 10     0-  0     0-  0
35N-36N   0- 10     0- 10     0- 30     0- 10     0-  0     0-  0
34N-35N   0-  0     0- 30     0- 30     0-  0     0-  0     0-  0
33N-34N   0- 20     0- 10     0- 10     0- 10     0- 10     0-  0
32N-33N   0- 10     0- 10     0- 10     0- 10     0- 10     0- 10
...................................................................

RAINFALL ESTIMATED BY SATELLITE VIA NRL-BLEND...
24-HR RAINFALL MAXIMUM FROM 12-12 UTC- 0MM AT 0N 0W
6-HR RAINFALL MAXIMUM FROM 06-12 UTC- 0MM AT 0N 0W
RAINFALL DISTRIBUTION IN MM OVER THE LAST 6 HOURS FROM 06-12 UTC...

LATITUDE............................LONGITUDE......................
.......168W-167W 167W-166W 166W-165W 165W-164W 164W-163W 163W-162W
37N-38N 999-999   999-999   999-999   999-999   999-999   999-999
36N-37N 999-999   999-999   999-999   999-999   999-999   999-999
35N-36N 999-999   999-999   999-999   999-999   999-999   999-999
34N-35N 999-999   999-999   999-999   999-999   999-999   999-999
33N-34N 999-999   999-999   999-999   999-999   999-999   999-999
32N-33N 999-999   999-999   999-999   999-999   999-999   999-999
...................................................................

RAINFALL ESTIMATED FROM 06 UTC 6 OCT GFS MODEL RUN...
24-HR RAINFALL MAXIMUM FROM 12-12 UTC- 30MM AT 38N 165W
6-HR RAINFALL MAXIMUM FROM 06-12 UTC- 20MM AT 37N 166W
RAINFALL DISTRIBUTION IN MM OVER THE LAST 6 HOURS FROM 06-12 UTC...

LATITUDE............................LONGITUDE......................
.......168W-167W 167W-166W 166W-165W 165W-164W 164W-163W 163W-162W
37N-38N   0-  0     0-  0     0- 10     0- 10     0- 10     0-  0
36N-37N   0-  0     0- 10    10- 60    20- 90    10- 40     0- 10
35N-36N   0-  0     0- 20    40- 80    20- 80    20-120     0-  0
34N-35N   0-  0     0- 20    20-100    40-140     0- 60     0-  0
33N-34N   0-  0     0- 10    10- 20    10- 20     0- 10     0-  0
32N-33N   0- 10     0- 10    10- 10     0- 10     0-  0     0-  0
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DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE SATELLITE AND MODEL-DERIVED RAINFALL
ESTIMATES INDICATE UNCERTAINTY IN THE AMOUNT OF RAIN RECEIVED

RAINFALL MAY BE UNDERESTIMATED ON THE WINDWARD SIDE OF TERRAIN

PLEASE SEE THE LATEST TROPICAL CYCLONE PUBLIC ADVISORY FOR THE
OFFICIAL RAINFALL FORECAST FOR TROPICAL CYCLONES

FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION PLEASE VISIT
HTTP://WWW.HURRICANES.GOV/MARINE/RAINFALL

FORECASTER TAFB

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