ZCZC NFDSPENES ALL SPENES . SATELLITE PRECIPITATION ESTIMATES..DATE/TIME 06/23/07 0510Z SATELLITE ANALYSIS BRANCH/NESDIS---NPPU---TEL.301-763-8678 LATEST DATA USED: G12 0500Z CK . LOCATION...N KANSAS...S NEBRASKA... . ATTN WFOS...TOP...GID... ATTN RFCS...MBRFC... . EVENT...INCRG CNVTN..HVY RAIN . SATELLITE ANALYSIS AND TRENDS...WHILE HVY TSTMS CONTINUE TO MOVE ACRS JEWELL COUNTY/KS..THE STMS MENTIONED IN PREVIOUS SPENES TO THE NW HAVE CONTINUED TO EXPAND. HVY TSTMS HAVE BEEN EXPANDING OVER SMITH COUNTY/KS AS WELL AS FRANKLIN AND WEBSTER COUNTIES/NE. A MERGER HAS OCCURRED OVER THE FRANKLIN/SMITH COUNTY AREA. OBJECTIVE ANALYSIS SHOWS CONVERGENCE MAX JUST TO THE NW/W OF CENTRAL KS..EXTENDING NNE ACRS SRN NEB. BASED ON STLT TRENDS AND PRESENCE OF DECENT SFC CONVERGENCE..WOULD EXPECT THE CNVTN TO CONTINUE TO INCR ALONG THE KS/NEB BORDER..ESP INVOF SMITH COUNTY/KS. FURTHER E..BAND OF CNVTN HAS BEEN INCRG ACRS THE AREA FM N OF CNK THRU NE KS..BUT HAS BEEN PROGRESSING SWD. NEVERTHELESS..WITH RAPID INTENSIFICATION AND HIGH PW'S..HVY DOWNPOURS WILL OCCUR IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME. . 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 4032 9884 3990 9740 3956 9758 3984 9893 . NNNN