ZCZC NFDSPENES ALL SPENES . SATELLITE PRECIPITATION ESTIMATES..DATE/TIME 06/13/07 0028ZZ SATELLITE ANALYSIS BRANCH/NESDIS---NPPU---TEL.301-763-8678 LATEST DATA USED: GOES-12: 0015Z DS . LOCATION...E COLORADO... . ATTN WFOS...GLD...PUB...BOU... ATTN RFCS...MBRFC...ABRFC... . EVENT...MERGING CELLS IN ERN CO . SATELLITE ANALYSIS AND TRENDS...WARM TOP CELLS IN E/CENTRAL CO ARE MERGING PER 0015Z IR IMAGE. CELLS ARE TO THE N OF SFC LOW AND JUST BEHIND FRNTAL BNDRY. MERGER APPEARS TO BE OCCURRING OVER N LINCOLN COUNTY AND WILL LIKELY CONTINUE MOVING EWD AFTER THE CELLS MERGE. 0015Z IMAGE SHOWS THE CELLS MOVING EWD INTO LINCOLN HAVE COOLED FAIRLY QUICKLY IN PAST 30 MIN AND ARE LIKELY PRODUCING RAIN RATES OF 1-2"..WITH SLIGHTLY HIGHER RAIN RATES LIKELY TO OCCUR IN HALF HR AFTER MERGER. WITH EWD MOVEMENT..CELLS WILL BE HEADED TWDS KIT CARSON/YUMA COUNTIES IN THE NEXT 1-2 HRS AND THEY HAVE ALREADY HAD HVY RAINS EARLIER TDY SO WILL NEED TO BE WATCHED. . 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 4041 10455 3998 10251 3843 10278 3884 10454 . NNNN