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SATELLITE PRECIPITATION ESTIMATES..DATE/TIME 07/20/07 0135Z
SATELLITE ANALYSIS BRANCH/NESDIS---NPPU---TEL.301-763-8678
LATEST DATA USED: GOES-EAST:0115Z  JS
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LOCATION...CENT TO S CENT COLORADO/NE NEW MEXICO
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ATTN WFOS...PUB...BOU...ABQ...
ATTN RFCS...MBRFC...ABRFC...WGRFC...CBRFC...
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EVENT...LARGE MASS OF COLD CLOUD TOPS WITH EMBEDDED SLOW MOVING VERY
INTENSE RAIN PRODUCING CELLS CONTINUES TO AFFECT FRONT RANGE NOW FROM
AROUND DENVER SOUTHWARD INTO NORTHEASTERN NEW MEXICO.
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SATELLITE ANALYSIS AND TRENDS...AUTOMATED SATELLITE ESTIMATING
TECHNIQUES ARE SHOWING APPROXIMATELY 2" TO NEARLY 4" IN ISOLATED
SPOTS ACROSS PORTIONS OF COLFAX COUNTY IN NE NM AS WELL AS WESTERN LAS
ANIMAS/HEUERFANO/SW PUEBLO COUNTIES IN S CO. TRENDS INDICATE VERY STRONG
ACTIVITY WITH VERY COLD IR/OVERSHOOTING VIS CLOUD TOPS CONVERGING ON
PUEBLO. EXPECT VERY INTENSE RAIN RATES WITH THESE SLOW MOVING MERGING
CELLS TO OVER 2"/HR WITH LOCALIZED TOTALS APPROACHING 3" IN A 1-2
HOUR TIME PERIOD. ACTIVITY IS ALSO SHOWING A TENDENCY TO BUILD SLOWLY
EASTWARD WITH TIME TOWARD THE EASTERLY SFC UPSLOPE COMPONENT AND ALSO
TOWARD NOSE OF 850MB THETA-E RIDGE AXIS WHICH EXTENDS EASTWARD INTO
WEST CENTRAL KS. TRENDS WITH GOES SOUNDER DATA SEEM TO SHOW BETTER
MOISTURE BEGINNING TO SPREAD INTO THE EASTERN COLORADO HIGH PLAINS
WHERE PW VALUES AR NOW APPROACHING 1.3-1.5". FARTHER TO THE NORTH A FEW
STRONG CELLS CONTINUE TO SLOWLY DRIFT NORTHWARD TOWARD THE AREA SW OF
DENVER INCLUDING JEFFERSON/DOUGLASS COUNTIES. WILL NEED TO MONITOR THIS
ACTIVITY TO SEE IF IT EXPANDS AND INTENSIFIES IN RESPONSE TO MEETING UP
WITH OUTFLOW GENERATED BY CELLS WHICH MOVED ACROSS DENVER EARLIER.
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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 3993 10430 3646 10395 3637 10555 3984 10595
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