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SATELLITE PRECIPITATION ESTIMATES..DATE/TIME 07/12/07 0428Z
SATELLITE ANALYSIS BRANCH/NESDIS---NPPU---TEL.301-763-8678
LATEST DATA USED: GOES-12: 0415Z	DS
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LOCATION...W KANSAS...E COLORADO...
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ATTN WFOS...GID...DDC...GLD...PUB...
ATTN RFCS...MBRFC...ABRFC...
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EVENT...MERGERS OCCURRING
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SATELLITE ANALYSIS AND TRENDS...MERGING CELLS ALONG VARIOUS OUTFLOW
BNDRYS WILL PRODUCE SOME VERY HVY RAINS FOR SEVERAL COUNTIES IN W KS
OVER NEXT FEW HRS. SEWD MOVING CLUSTER FROM E CO/NW KS IS ON TRACK TO
MERGE WITH SLOWLY WWD PROPAGATING CELLS IN INSTABILITY AXIS TALKED
ABOUT IN RECENT SPC MCD. LIKELY THAT RAIN RATES OF NEAR 2" WILL BE
SEEN IN FIRST HALF HR WHEN CELLS MERGE AS PW PLUME PER 00Z ANALYSIS
SHOWS RICH MOISTURE STREAMING NWWD THOUGH OK FROM THE GOM WITH 1.4-1.6"
AMOUNTS INVOF W KS. HEAVIEST RAINS IN NEXT 1-2 HRS SHOULD OCCUR FROM W
OF GCK TO THE AREA OF LOGAN/GOVE COUNTIES. COLDEST CLOUD TOPS ARE NOW
INVOF WALLACE/N LOGAN/S THOMAS COUNTIES WHERE -77C TOPS ARE SEEN PER
0415Z IR IMAGE. ONE MERGER IS NOW OCCURRING INVOF GOVE/LANE COUNTIES AND
ANOTHER IS SEEN NEAR THE KEARNY/HAMILTON COUNTY BORDER. AGREE WITH SPC
ON MOVEMENT AFTER MERGING OF CELLS LIKELY TO BE ESE/SE AS CLUSTER MOVING
IN FROM CO APPEARS TO BE THE DOMINANT FEATURE. WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR.
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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 3990 10005 3889 9928 3741 10126 3840 10263
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