ZCZC NFDSPENES ALL SPENES . SATELLITE PRECIPITATION ESTIMATES..DATE/TIME 05/08/07 2239Z SATELLITE ANALYSIS BRANCH/NESDIS---NPPU---TEL.301-763-8678 LATEST DATA USED: G12 2215Z CK . LOCATION...NW TEXAS...SW OKLAHOMA... . ATTN WFOS...FWD...OUN...SJT... ATTN RFCS...ABRFC...WGRFC... . EVENT...MCS LIKELY TO MERGE WITH INCRG TSTMS TO THE E . SATELLITE ANALYSIS AND TRENDS...WHILE LINEAR MCS CONTINUES TO RACE EWD ACRS NW/W TX..A CLUSTER OF TSTMS CONTINUES TO DEVELOP TO THE E. ATTM..AN AREA WITH TSTMS CLUSTERS ENCOMPASSES SW OK/NW TX FM VCNTY OF LTS/OK TO SPS/TX TO W OF RPH/TX. THESE STMS ARE DRIFTING TWD THE N AND NNE. WITH THE RAPID EWD MOVEMENT OF THE INTENSIFYING LINEAR MCS TSTMS.. IT IS LIKELY THAT THE THE CONVECTION OVER SW OK/NW TX/W PORTIONS OF N CENTRAL TX WILL FURTHER EXPAND IN COVERAGE AND INTENSITY AS IT CATCHES UP WITH THE CELLS TO THE E. NUMEROUS CELL MERGERS ARE LIKELY..WITH SOME LOCATIONS RECEIVING 2" IN AN HR. . SEE NCEP HPC DISCUSSION AND QPF/S FOR FORECAST. ....NESDIS IS A MEMBER OF 12 PLANET.... . SSD/SAB WEB ADDRESS FOR PRECIP ESTIMATES: HTTP://WWW.SSD.NOAA.GOV/PS/PCPN/ ...ALL LOWER CASE EXCEPT /PS/PCPN/ . LAT...LON 3510 9935 3442 9731 3243 9841 3262 9984 . NNNN