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SATELLITE PRECIPITATION ESTIMATES..DATE/TIME 07/24/07 0918Z
SATELLITE ANALYSIS BRANCH/NESDIS---NPPU---TEL.301-763-8678
LATEST DATA USED: G12  0845Z  CK
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LOCATION...W FLORIDA PANHANDLE...SW ALABAMA...
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ATTN WFOS...MOB...
ATTN RFCS...SERFC...LMRFC...
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EVENT...INCR TSTMS OVER AL AND OFF AL/FL COAST...HVY RAIN
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SATELLITE ANALYSIS AND TRENDS...TSTMS BEGAN TO DEVELOP OVER SW AL AROUND
06Z..AND SINCE THAT TIME HAVE INCRD IN COVERAGE AND INTENSITY. 0845Z
IMAGE SHOWS VERY COLD TOP TSTMS OVER MOBILE AND BALDWIN COUNTIES/AL..WITH
A MERGER OVER S BALDWIN COUNTY. AT THE SAME TIME..ADDITIONAL CELLS
HAVE BEEN FORMING JUST OFF THE AL AND W FL PANHANDLE COAST. GOES
WV ANIMATION AND WIND ANALYSIS SHOWS UPPR LVL DIVERGENCE OVER THE
DISCUSSION AREA. THIS..ALONG WITH COINCIDENT SFC CONVERGENCE WILL ALLOW
FOR FURTHER CONVECTIVE DEVELOPMENT. SERLY FLOW.. PER QUICKSCAT AND SFC
PLOTS..WILL RESULT IN ADDITIONAL MERGERS AND CELL TRAINING OVER THE SW
AL AND WRN FL PANHANDLE COUNTIES. WITH GOES SOUNDER AND NOAA AMSU PW'S
IN THE 1.5-1.8" RANGE..ALONG WITH CELL MERGERS..RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL
BE QUITE HVY. ALREADY..1.85" HAS FALLEN AT BFM..WITH 1.35" REPORTED
IN THE PAST HR.  MANUAL STLT ESTIMATED RAINFALL RATES ARE EVEN HEAVIER
OVER BALDWIN COUNTY/AL..WHERE CLOUD TOPS ARE COLDEST AND A MERGER HAS
OCCURRED. OVER THE NEXT FEW HRS HVY RAINFALL WILL EXTEND FM MOBILE
COUNTY/AL THRU ESCAMBIA AND SRN SANTA ROSA COUNTIES/FL. ADDITIONAL
RAINFALL TOTALS OF 1-3" ARE LIKELY..WITH 3" PLUS PSBL.
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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 3101 8826 3087 8697 3001 8714 2999 8820
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