ZCZC NFDSPENES ALL SPENES . SATELLITE PRECIPITATION ESTIMATES..DATE/TIME 07/13/07 2058Z SATELLITE ANALYSIS BRANCH/NESDIS---NPPU---TEL.301-763-8678 LATEST DATA USED: GOES-12 2045Z KUSSELSON . LOCATION...W MISSISSIPPI...N LOUISIANA...S ARKANSAS...NE TEXAS... . ATTN WFOS...MEG...JAN...LZK...SHV...FWD... ATTN RFCS...LMRFC...ABRFC...WGRFC... . EVENT...NE TEXAS INTO SW AR/NW LA AND NE LA/SE AR INTO MS ACTIVITY... . SATELLITE ANALYSIS AND TRENDS...BIG PISTURE HAD UPPER LEVEL TROUGH PUSHING SE THRU S KS....BASIC FLOW WESTERLY OKLAHOMA AND NWLY ACROSS AREAS OF CONCERN. RAIN AREA ORIENTATION BASICALLY PERPENDICULAR TO FLOW AND UPPER LEVEL WINDS GENERALLY FASTER THAN 30KTS. NO NOT TOO CONCERNED ABOUT SLOW MOVEMENT OR TRAINING ACTIVITY IN THE TWO AREAS. BUT PW MOISTURE AT A MAXIMUM FROM CENTRAL AND N CENTRAL TO NE TEXAS ACROSS S AR/N LA INTO MS AND SO COLD TOP CAN EASILY GIVE 1-2 INCHES IN A 30-60 MINUTE TIME PERIOD FOR SHORT LIVED HVY RAIN/ISOLATED FF THREAT. CONVECTION ORIENTATION A LITTLE MORE WESTERLY IN NE TEXAS...SO WILL HAVE TO KEEP AN EYE ON THAT AREA AS IT MOVES TOWARD THE LA-TX BORDER NEXT FEW HRS...AND ACROSS SW AR...BUT CLOUD TOPS AND ORGANIZATION NOT AS GOOD ACROSS SW AR. WELL TO THE EAST...MOST OF THE STRONG CONVECTION THAT HAS MOVED INTO WEST CENTRAL MS ORIENTED TO GIVE AN HR OR TWO OF HVY RAIN BUT AGAIN PW MOISTURE NEAR 2.0" ONLY ABOUT 125 PERCENT OF NORMAL...SO CAN'T SEE MUCH IN THE WAY OF WIDESPREAD FF IN THE SHORT TERM. WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR... . 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 3422 9072 3404 8965 3166 9082 3244 9600 3379 9431 . NNNN