ZCZC NFDSPENES ALL SPENES . SATELLITE PRECIPITATION ESTIMATES..DATE/TIME 07/23/07 0933Z SATELLITE ANALYSIS BRANCH/NESDIS---NPPU---TEL.301-763-8678 LATEST DATA USED: G12 0915Z CK . LOCATION...W FLORIDA... . ATTN WFOS...TBW... ATTN RFCS...SERFC... . EVENT...TSTM TRAINING/MERGING SETTING UP BTWN LEE/SARASOTA COUNTIES . SATELLITE ANALYSIS AND TRENDS...ALREADY SOME TRAINING HAS OCCURRED ACRS SARASOTA COUNTY..WITH A MERGER OCCURRING IN THE PAST HR INVOF S SARASOTA/W CHARLOTTE COUNTIES. NUMEROUS TSTMS HAVE BEEN DEVELOPING ACRS AN AREA EXTENDING APPX 140MI SW OF SARASOTA COAST..AS SWRLY FLOW AT MID/UPR LEVELS CONTINUES TO STREAM SUBTROPICAL MOISTURE ACRS THE SRN HALF OF FL. GOES SOUNDER AND NOAA AMSU IMAGERY SHOWS PW'S AROUND 2". . AUTOMATED STLT ESTIMATES INDICATE THAT 2" HAS ALREADY FALLEN INVOF SRN SARASOTA COUNTY AND..WITH CURRENT STLT TRENDS MENTIONED ABOVE..DURING THE COURSE OF TODAY ADDITIONAL AMOUNTS OF AT LEAST A FEW INCHES IS LIKELY ACRS PARTS OF THE AREA ENCOMPASSING MANATEE/SARASOTA/ CHARLOTTE/LEE COUNTIES. . 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 2731 8210 2664 8178 2609 8249 2699 8303 . NNNN