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SATELLITE PRECIPITATION ESTIMATES..DATE/TIME 07/27/07 2332Z
SATELLITE ANALYSIS BRANCH/NESDIS---NPPU---TEL.301-763-8678
LATEST DATA USED: G12  2215Z   G11 2223Z   CK
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LOCATION...SW NEW MEXICO...SE ARIZONA...
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ATTN WFOS...EPZ...TWC...
ATTN RFCS...WGRFC...CBRFC...
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EVENT...MERGING TSTMS
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SATELLITE ANALYSIS AND TRENDS...NUMEROUS TSTMS CONTINUE TO DEVELOP OVER
THE DISCUSSION AREA. OVER SE AZ. THE MAIN FOCUS OF CELL MERGING HAS BEEN
OVER COCHISE/SANTA CRUZ/EE PIMA COUNTIES. SOME BACKBUILDING..TWD THE NW
HAS BEEN OCCURRING OVER S COCHISE AND SANTA CRUZ..AS OUFLOW FM TSTMS
TO THE N FEEDS INTO PORTIONS OF COCHISE AND SANTA CRUZ COUNTIES. STLT
ESTIMATES INDICATE AT LEAST 1-2" HAS FALLEN THUS FAR. ADDITIONAL AMOUNTS
OF 2" OR MORE IS LIKELY OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF HRS. MERGERS WILL ALSO
CONTINUE OVER PINAL COUNTY.
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OVER SW NM..CONVECTIVE CLOUD TOPS HAVE REACHED THEIR COOLEST LEVELS
THUS FAR..AS MERGERS HAVE BEEN INCRG OVER GRANT/HIDALGO/LUNA COUNTIES.
TAKING INTO ACCOUNT CELL MERGERS/CLOUD TOP TEMPS AND GROWTH..MANUAL STLT
ESTIMATES INDICATE THAT 1-2" HAS OCCURRED BTWN BTWN 2115Z-2215Z.
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF 2" OR MORE IS LIKELY PER STLT TRENDS.
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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 3232 11101 3230 10808 3109 10802 3085 11063
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