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SATELLITE PRECIPITATION ESTIMATES..DATE/TIME 05/28/07 2125Z
SATELLITE ANALYSIS BRANCH/NESDIS---NPPU---TEL.301-763-8678
LATEST DATA USED: G12  2115Z  CK
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LOCATION...SE TEXAS...
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ATTN WFOS...HGX...FWD...CRP...EWX...
ATTN RFCS...WGRFC...
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EVENT...HVY TSTMS INCR BTWN GRK AND RKP..AND W OF GALVESTON BAY
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SATELLITE ANALYSIS AND TRENDS...GOES IMAGERY ANIMATIONS SHOW LL VORT S OF
GRK..WITH VORT LOBE EXTENDING SWD TO THE COAST. CLUSTERS/BANDS OF WARM TOP
CNVTN HAVE BEEN STEADILY DEVELOPING FM SE/S OF GRK TO RKP. THE COLDEST
TOPS HAVE BEEN OVER FAYETTE AND COLORADO COUNTIES. MOST CELLS HAVE BEEN
SLOW MOVG..AND THIS WILL CONTINUE TO BE THE CASE FOR THE DEVELOPING CNVTN
MENTIONED ABOVE. POLAR MICROWAVE AND GOES SOUNDER PW DPI SHOW PW VALUES
AROUND 1.75" ALONG TX COAST..WITH HIGHER VALUES OVER THE GULFMEX. WITH
THE HIGH PW'S..AND CELL MERGERS..RAINFALL OF 2" CAN EASILY OCCUR IN AN
HR..WITH 2-3"OR HIGHER TOTALS LIKELY FOR SLOWER MOVG CELLS.
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AS FOR BRAZORIA COUNTY...HVY TSTMS HAVE BEEN MOVG SLWLY E..WITH HVY RAIN
BEGINNING TO SPREAD INTO GALVESTON COUNTY AND SRN HARRIS COUNTY. AUTOMATED
STLT ESTIMATOR IS INDICATING THAT 4" OF RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER BRAZORIA
THRU 2045Z. HOWEVER..MAX AMOUNT MAY INDEED BE HIGHER THAN THAT AS CELL
MERGERS HAVE OCCURRED. WITH TSTMS MAINTAINING INTENSITY.. ALONG WITH SLOW
MOVEMENT..VERY HVY AMOUNTS ARE ALSO LIKELY OVER GALVESTON COUNTY AS WELL.
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NOTE..CORRESPONDING GRAPHIC WILL BE AVAILABLE ON WEB IN 10 MINUTES.
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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 3081 9735 2985 9461 2832 9447 2794 9681 3040 9742
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