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SATELLITE PRECIPITATION ESTIMATES..DATE/TIME 06/30/07 2309Z
SATELLITE ANALYSIS BRANCH/NESDIS---NPPU---TEL.301-763-8678
LATEST DATA USED: GOES-12 2302Z  RUMINSKI
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LOCATION...TEXAS...
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ATTN WFOS...CRP...BRO...
ATTN RFCS...WGRFC...
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EVENT...TORRENTIAL RAINFALL OVER SOUTH TEXAS
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SATELLITE ANALYSIS AND TRENDS...VERY CD TOPPED CNVTN (TO -77C) HAS
DEVELOPED AND LINGERED OVER HIDALGO..STARR..JIM HOGG..BROOKS AND DUVAL
COUNTIES. CNVTN APPEARED TO DEVELOP ALG SEA BREEZE AS IT MOVED INTO THE
AREA AND TAPPED SIGNIFICANT INSTABILITY (GOES DERIVED LI/S AOB -5 AND
CAPES OF 3000 TO 4000 J/KG). CNVTN BECAME ANCHORED FOR ABT AN HR ALG THE
STARR/HIDALGO AND JIM HOGG/BROOKS BORDERS WHILE THE SEA BREEZE CONTD TO
SHIFT FURTHER INLAND.
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VERY MOIST AMS (PW/S AOA 2" AND SFC TD/S IN L70S) ALLOWED FOR TORRENTIAL
RAINFALL WITH THESE CELLS. 3.0-3.5" MAX AMNTS ESTD WITH THE COLDEST
CELLS OVER NRN HIDALGO.
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QUICK LOOK AT 2302Z IMAGE SHOWS CLD TOP TEMPS NOW WARMING MODESTLY OVER
MOST OF THE COUNTIES NOTED..WITH SOMEWHAT LESSER RAINFALL RATES. NEW
CELLS HAVE DEVELOPED RAPIDLY JUST ACROSS THE MEXICO BORDER S OF HIDALGO
BUT APPEAR TO BE SLOWLY BACKBUILDING INTO THE BEST INFLOW. THE CNVTN
THAT DEVELOPED ALG THE SEA BREEZE IN EXTREME SE WEBB/NW JIM HOGG HAS
NOT SHOWN FURTHER SIGNS OF STRENGTHENING.
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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 2775 9943 2771 9826 2582 9813 2606 9938
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