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SATELLITE PRECIPITATION ESTIMATES..DATE/TIME 09/14/08 1201Z
SATELLITE ANALYSIS BRANCH/NESDIS---NPPU---TEL.301-763-8678
LATEST DATA USED: GOES-12/11  1145Z KUSSELSON
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LOCATION...SW TEXAS...SE NEW MEXICO...
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ATTN WFOS...MAF...ABQ...
ATTN RFCS...WGRFC...
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EVENT...BOUNDARY FOR MOISTURE AND CONVECTIVE FOCUS...LOCAL HVY
RAINS/ISOLATED FF THREAT CONTINUING A BIT LONGER...
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SATELLITE ANALYSIS AND TRENDS...COLDEST OF THE VERY WARM CLOUD TOPS
(MOSTLY WARMER THAN -30C) HELPING TO PRODUCE THE HIGHEST RAIN AMOUNTS
AS WEAK SHORT WAVE CONTINUES SE THRU SE NM.  THERE MAY BE A VERY NARROW
MOIST TRANSPORT FROM BLOB OF SHOWERS JUST NORTH OF THE BIG BEND INTO
SE TX THAT IS HELPING TO FOCUS THE HEAVY RAIN IN A SMALL AREA AND THIS
WILL CONTINUE AS STRONGEST CONVECTION PUSHES THRU S CHAVES AND E EDDY NEXT
1-2HRS AND LEA COUNTY (MOSTLY C AND S LEA) FROM 12-14Z.  SINCE LATEST GPS
PW AT ROSWELL CLOSE TO 1.4" AND THAT PRETTY CLOSELY MATCHES GOES SOUNDER
PW MAX IN THE AREA...SLIGHT CHANCE RAIN RATES COULD MAX OUT AT 0.6"-1.2"
IN AN HR THESE AREA OVER THE NEXT FEW HRS AND RESULT IN ISOLATED FF.
WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR...SEE ANALYSIS GRAPHIC ON HOME PAGE AT ADDRESS
BELOW...
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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 3371 10504 3329 10317 3039 10285 3023 10335
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