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SATELLITE PRECIPITATION ESTIMATES..DATE/TIME 04/23/08 1730Z
SATELLITE ANALYSIS BRANCH/NESDIS---NPPU---TEL.301-763-8678
LATEST DATA USED: GOES-12 1715Z   LIDDICK
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LOCATION...TEXAS...
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ATTN WFOS...LUB...
ATTN RFCS...WGRFC...
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EVENT...STATIONARY CELL
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SATELLITE ANALYSIS AND TRENDS...IR IMAGERY SHOWING ANCHORED CELL OVER
HOCKLEY/LUBBOCK COUNTIES FOR THE PAST 2 HOURS OR SO.  WHILE COLD TOP
TEMPS WERE NOT TOO IMPRESSIVE...ESTIMATES FROM 1445Z TO 1645Z ARE RANGING
BETWEEN 2.0"-2.5" IN THE TIME PERIOD WITH SOME AREAS SEEING .75"-1.0" IN
30 MIN.  GPS PW VALUES ARE AROUND 1.1" PER GPS DATA WITH MODEL SOUNDINGS
SHOWING CONTINUED LACK OF GOOD SHEAR WHICH WILL CONTINUE TO FAVOR VERY
SLOW MOVING/STATIONARY CELLS AS WELL AS MERGERS OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS.
WITH 12Z RAOBS SHOWING 850 THETA-E POOL JUST TO THE E OF THE CONVECTION
AND GOOD DEEP LAYER MOISTURE CONVERGENCE...EXPECTING RAIN RATES TO REMAIN
IN THE 1.0"-2.0"/HR RANGE OVER TA LEAST THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS.
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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 3423 10215 3385 10150 3324 10205 3380 10253
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