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SATELLITE PRECIPITATION ESTIMATES..DATE/TIME 05/26/07 0009Z
SATELLITE ANALYSIS BRANCH/NESDIS---NPPU---TEL.301-763-8678
LATEST DATA USED: GOES-12 2345Z GOES-11 2330Z GG
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LOCATION...NEW MEXICO...
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ATTN WFOS...ABQ...EPZ...
ATTN RFCS...ABRFC...WGRFC...CBRFC...
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EVENT...HVY RAINFALL ALONG HIGH MTNS
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SATELLITE ANALYSIS AND TRENDS...CONVECTION WITH VERY COLD TOPS AROUND -65
TO -70 ON IR AND QUITE A FEW OVERSHOOTING TOPS WITH ASSOCIATED DOWNSTREAM
STREAMERS ABOVE THE MAIN ANVILS.

NE NM...
CELLS CONTINUE TO REMAIN ON THE TOPS OF THE RIDGES/MTN RANGES AS THEY
MAXIMIZE CONVERGENCE...BUT THE MOST RECENT IMAGES SHOW SOME MOTION OFF
THE RANGE PARTICULARLY THE NORTHERN STRETCH FROM E COLFAX/W UNION THROUGH
MORA TO W GUADALUPE AND NE LINCOLN.  THE MORA CELL HAS FINALLY BECOME
INDISTINGUISHABLE WITHIN THE LARGER COMPLEX BUT REMAINED IN THE SAME PLACE
FOR OVER 5 HOURS.  PWS IN THE AREA WHERE .5" BUT WITH MOISTENING OF THE
AIR COLUMN...RATES HAD TO INCREASE WITH THE GOOD INFLUX OF MOISTURE...SO
MANUAL TOTALS OF 6" WERE ESTIMATED.  VERY COLD TOPS WERE RECENTLY
SEEN OVER E TORRANCE WHERE AN APPARENT MERGER OCCURRED...EXPERMENTAL
ESTIMATORS WERE RUNNING AT 4" BEFORE THE MERGER HELPED PUSH THE CELL E
INTO GUADALUPE COUNTY.

S NM...
THE OVERSHOOTING TOPS (AND HENCE CENTRAL CORES) ALONG THE E-W LINE
ACROSS S NM CONTINUE TO DEVELOP SLOWLY SWARD ALONG THE RIDGE LINES OF
THE BURRO/BLACK/SANTA ANDRES... RECENT 2345Z IMAGE SHOWS SIGNIFICANT
COOLING IN IR AND VERY HARD TOPS ON VIS OVER NW SIERRA COUNTY ALONG
THE BLACK RANGE AND THE NE SIERRA ALONG THE SANTA ANDRES.  PWS IN
THE AREA HAVE STEADILY INCREASED THIS AFTER TO 1.0" AND TD ARE IN
THE LOW 50S WITH GOOD SFC FLOW UP THE RIVER VALLEY INTO BOTH CELLS.
RATES OF 1.0-1.25"/HR COULD BE EXPECTED WITH THESE CELLS. THIS LINE OF
THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DROP DUE SOUTH AND SHOULD MERGE WITH A
COMPLEX OF THUNDERSTORMS THAT ARE MOVING/DEVELOPING NORTHWARD OUT OF MX.
LUNA COUNTY WILL BE FIRST AFFECTED AS CONVECTION WILL FILL IN ALONG THE
HIGHEST ELEVATIONS...BUT WILL MOVE OFF TOWARD THE LL FLOW COMING UP THE
RIO GRANDE...BUILDING A LARGER MCS LATER TONIGHT.
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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 3663 10494 3660 10363 3327 10562 3224 10875 3349 10859
3431 10635
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