ZCZC NFDSPENES ALL SPENES . SATELLITE PRECIPITATION ESTIMATES..DATE/TIME 05/20/07 0250Z SATELLITE ANALYSIS BRANCH/NESDIS---NPPU---TEL.301-763-8678 LATEST DATA USED: 0245Z GOES-12 ALS HYDROESTIMATOR THOUGH 0215Z . LOCATION...MINNESOTA... . ATTN WFOS...MPX... ATTN RFCS...NCRFC... . EVENT...STATIONARY CONVECTION . SATELLITE ANALYSIS AND TRENDS... GOES PWS ARE 1.1-1.35 ACROSS THE AREA. MCIDAS OBJECTIVE ANALYSES CONTINUES TO SHOW AN IMPRESSIVE BAND OF MOISTURE CONVERGENCE EAST-WEST ACROSS THE IOWA-MINNESOTA BORDER. 0145Z SHOWS TOPS AGAIN COOLING TO CLOSE TO -70C ALTHOUGH LAST 2 IMAGES DO INDICATE SLOW WARMING LEADING TO DECREASING RAINFALL RATES. 3 HOUR ESTIMATES THROUGH 0230Z OF 3-4 INCHES ARE INDICATED FOR SOUTHEASTERN BLUE-EARTH/ NORTHWESTERN FARIBAULT COUNTIES . 0245Z IMAGE JUST IN SHOWS MORE RAPID WARMING OF TOPS SO UNLESS REDEVELOPMENT OCCURS THE WORSE SHOULD BE OVER.. . 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 4432 9440 4429 9306 4372 9315 4366 9461 . NNNN