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SATELLITE PRECIPITATION ESTIMATES..DATE/TIME 05/03/07 1929Z
SATELLITE ANALYSIS BRANCH/NESDIS---NPPU---TEL.301-763-8678
LATEST DATA USED: GOES-12: 1915Z	DS
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LOCATION...LOUISIANA...TEXAS...
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ATTN WFOS...SHV...HGX...FWD...
ATTN RFCS...LMRFC...WGRFC...
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EVENT...MERGED CELLS BECOMING MORE V-SHAPED
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SATELLITE ANALYSIS AND TRENDS...AS OF 1845Z..IR IMAGERY SHOWS CELLS
HAVE MERGED TOGETHER INTO ONE CLUSTER THAT IS BEGINNING TO TAKE ON
A WEDGE/V-SHAPE. CLOUD TOPS ARE STILL RELATIVELY WARM THOUGH SINCE
THE MERGER COLDEST TOPS HAVE COOLED ABOUT 6 DEG C AND ARE NOW AT
-60C. CELLS IN THE TAIL OF THE V-SHAPE CLUSTER ARE LIKELY TO BE THE
SLOWEST MOVERS AND THUS HEAVIEST RAINFALL PRODUCERS. THESE CELLS ARE
CURRENTLY OVER ANDERSON/CHEROKEE/AND N HOUSTON COUNTIES. SFC WINDS
AHEAD OF THE STORMS FROM THE SE SHOW THE CONTINUED MOIST INFLOW WITH
PW VALUES OF 1.7" PREVALENT ALONG THE NRN PART OF THE TX COAST THAT
ARE BEING ADVECTED. SHORTWAVE SEEN ON WV DIVING SEWD AROUND THE UPPER
LOW SHOULD  HELP TO ENHANCE STORMS SOMEWHAT THIS AFTERNOON. HAVE ALSO
NOTICED THAT IR IMAGERY SHOWS SOME WARMER TOPPED CELLS HANGING BACK
INVOF VAN ZANDT/KAUFFMAN COUNTIES WITH ADDITIONAL CELLS TO THE N AND
JUST IN 1915Z VIS IMAGE DOES INDICATE AN OVERSHOOTING TOP OVER KAUFMAN
COUNTY. EXPECT GENERAL EWD MOVEMENT OF CLUSTER THOUGH SOME AREAS COULD
SEE 2-3" IN A 1-2 HR TIME PERIOD DUE TO SLOWER MOVEMENT OF CELLS ON THE
SRN END OF THE LINES.
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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 3340 9525 3276 9391 3125 9502 3156 9594
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