ZCZC NFDSPENES ALL SPENES . SATELLITE PRECIPITATION ESTIMATES..DATE/TIME 05/08/07 0659Z SATELLITE ANALYSIS BRANCH/NESDIS---NPPU---TEL.301-763-8678 LATEST DATA USED: GOES-12: 0645Z DS . LOCATION...S TEXAS... . ATTN WFOS...CRP...BRO... ATTN RFCS...WGRFC... . EVENT...COLD TOPS REFORMING IN MX . SATELLITE ANALYSIS AND TRENDS...OUT OF REMAINS OF DYING MCS IN DEEP SOUTH TX NEW CELLS ARE FORMING ON THE SRN END IN MX..W OF ZAPATA/STARR COUNTIES. BOW ECHO AND MCV CONTINUE TO MOVE NEWD THROUGH LA SALLE/MCMULLEN/DUVAL COUNTIES AND SHOULD BEGIN TO WEAKEN AS IT GETS CLOSER TO POCKET OF DRY AIR ALONG SRN TX COAST. N-S LINE OF CELLS MENTIONED ABOVE HAVE CONNECTED WITH SWRN END OF BOW ECHO AND THUS HVY RAINS HAVE STALLED OVER SRN ZAPATA COUNTY. THESE CELLS ACROSS THE BORDER IN MX HAVE NOT SHOWN MUCH MOVEMENT SINCE FORMING BUT COULD SLOWLY DRIFT EWD INTO DEEP SRN TX OVER THE NEXT FEW HRS. POSSIBLE FOR RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2-3" IN THAT TIME DUE TO LIKELY SLOW MOVEMENT OF CELLS..PARTICULARLY IN ZAPATA/JIM HOGG/STARR COUNTIES. . 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 2810 9898 2746 9802 2559 9832 2696 10020 . NNNN