ZCZC NFDSPENES ALL SPENES . SATELLITE PRECIPITATION ESTIMATES..DATE/TIME 07/24/07 0717Z SATELLITE ANALYSIS BRANCH/NESDIS---NPPU---TEL.301-763-8678 LATEST DATA USED: G12 0700Z CK . LOCATION...E NORTH DAKOTA... . ATTN WFOS...FGF... ATTN RFCS...NCRFC... . EVENT...MCS..CELL TRAINING NE OF DVL..HVY RAIN . SATELLITE ANALYSIS AND TRENDS...TSTMS WITH OVERSHOOTING TOPS EMBEDDED WITHIN MCS OVER N ND HAVE BEEN TRAINING AND MERGING OVER TOWNER/ CAVALIER/RAMSEY COUNTIES OVER THE PAST 1-2 HRS..WITH AUTOMATED STLT ESTIMATES INDICATING 1-1.5". SATELLITE IMAGERY ANIMATION SHOWS INCRG UPPR DIFFLUENCE OVER THE AREA. THIS..COMBINED WITH SFC CONVERGENCE/LL JET/HIGH DEW POINTS AND PW'S..SHOULD HELP MAINTAIN INTENSITY OVER NERN PORTION OF ND OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF HRS..WITH ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1-2" OR MORE. . 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 4933 9953 4928 9782 4814 9835 4825 9945 . NNNN