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SATELLITE PRECIPITATION ESTIMATES..DATE/TIME 05/14/07 1930Z
SATELLITE ANALYSIS BRANCH/NESDIS---NPPU---TEL.301-763-8678
LATEST DATA USED: 1915Z  GOES-12  TEB
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LOCATION...LOUISIANA...
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ATTN WFOS...LIX...LCH...
ATTN RFCS...LMRFC...
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EVENT...SLOW-MOVING CONVECTIVE LINE.
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SATELLITE ANALYSIS AND TRENDS...THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT IN THE PAST 2
HOURS....SINCE 1715Z...FROM NORTHERN TERROBONNE PARISH...THRU SOUTHERN
ASSUMPTION INTO ST. MARTIN, IBERIA AND NORTHERN VERMILION PARISHES.
SOUNDER PW VALUES EXCEEDING 1.60" ALONG WITH SOME SURFACE MOISTURE
CONVERGENCE NOT FAR FROM WEST-EAST ORIENTED MID-LEVEL RIDGE AXIS HAS MADE
FOR AN ENVIRONMENT WHERE CELLS ARE SLOWLY TRANSVERSING WESTWARD ALONG
THE SAME LINE.  MAX ESTIMATED RAIN RATES UP TO .50-.60" PER HALF-HOUR FOR
1.6-2.0" PLUS TOTALS IN THE PAST 2 HORUS TO 1915Z.  SELF-ENTRAINMENT MAY
ALLOW RATES TO INCREASE ESPECIALLY IN ST.MARTIN AND ASSUMPTION PARISHES
THRU THE NEXT HOUR SO 3 HOUR FFG VALUES WILL BE REACHED.  ACTIVITY FURTHER
NORTH OVER ST. CHARLES INTO ST. JOHN NOT AS BAD BUT URBAN ENVIRONMENT
MAY ACCELERATE PROBLEMS WITH QUICK, HEAVY DOWNBURSTS.
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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 3024 9213 3023 8991 2899 8985 2896 9208 3023 9215
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