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SATELLITE PRECIPITATION ESTIMATES..DATE/TIME 07/22/07 0836Z
SATELLITE ANALYSIS BRANCH/NESDIS---NPPU---TEL.301-763-8678
LATEST DATA USED: G12  0815Z  CK
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LOCATION...N SOUTH DAKOTA...SE NORTH DAKOTA...W MINNESOTA
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ATTN WFOS...MPX...FGF...ABR...BIS...
ATTN RFCS...NCRFC...MBRFC...
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EVENT...MCS DEVELOPING..HVY RAIN
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SATELLITE ANALYSIS AND TRENDS...BROADENING BAND OF TSTMS HAS BEEN INCRG
ALONG ND/SD/W MN BORDER OVER THE PAST COUPLE OF HRS. ATTM..TSTMS EXTEND FM
E OF Y26/SD TO W OF FFM/MN. MOST NOTICEABLE..HOWEVER..HAS BEEN THE SLOW
MOVG/MERGING TSTMS OVER NE BROWN COUNTY/SD...WHERE SINCE 0615Z AUTOMATED
STLT ESTIMATES INDICATE 1.5" OF RAIN HAS FALLEN. MANUAL STLT ESTIMATES
ARE SOMEWHAT HIGHER..TAKING CELL MERGING INTO ACCOUNT.. INDICATING OVER
2" HAS FALLEN. CLOUD TOPS CONTINUE TO COOL AND EXPAND OVER THE SERN AND
NERN ND/SD COUNTIES AS WELL.
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THE INCRG TSTM ACTIVITY IS OCCURRING WITHIN 850MB THETA-E RIDGE AXIS. IT
IS BEING FUELED BY LLJ..AND RAPID DEVELOPMENT SEEMS TO HAVE COINCIDED WITH
UPPR JET STREAK MOVING ACRS S CENTRAL ND/N BORDER OF SD WHICH IS EVIDENT
IN BOTH WV AND IR IMAGERY ANIMATIONS. OVER NEXT COUPLE OF HRS..WOULD
TSTMS TO CONTINUE TO EVOLVE/CONSOLIDATE FURTHER INTO MCS.. WITH ADDITIONAL
MERGERS OCCURRING ALONG WITH SOME CELL TRAINING.. ESP OVER THE COUNTIES
BORDERING SE ND/NE SD.

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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 4659 9925 4652 9565 4545 9581 4552 9924
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