ZCZC NFDSPENES ALL SPENES . SATELLITE PRECIPITATION ESTIMATES..DATE/TIME 07/31/07 1833Z SATELLITE ANALYSIS BRANCH/NESDIS---NPPU---TEL.301-763-8678 LATEST DATA USED: G12 1815Z CK . LOCATION...LOUISIANA...E TEXAS... . ATTN WFOS...JAN...LIX...LCH...SHV...HGX... ATTN RFCS...LMRFC...WGRFC... . EVENT...NW-SE AREA OF TSTMS INCRG..HVY RAINFALL . SATELLITE ANALYSIS AND TRENDS...TSTMS HAVE BEEN INCRG ACRS AN AREA FM E TX THRU CENTRAL/SRN LA..WITH INDIVIDUAL CELLS MOVG SEWD. ALREADY..SOME MERGERS HAVE OCCURRED OVER CENTRAL TO S CENTRAL LA..WITH STLT ESTIMATES OF 1-2" BTWN 1645Z-1815Z. NW TO NRLY FLOW ALOFT WILL KEEP CELLS MOVG. HOWEVER..SFC CONVERGENCE AND APPROACH OF OUTFLOW FM MCS OVER NE TX WILL RESULT IN NEW TSTM DEVELOPMENT ACRS THE AREA FM W CENTRAL THRU CENTRAL/S LA. CELL TRAINING AND MERGERS WILL CONTINUE DURING THE REMAINDER OF THE AFTN AND..ALONG WITH PW'S RUNNING 2"PLUS..IS LIKELY TO RESULT IN ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS BTWN 2-4". AS FOR E TX..NEW CELLS HAVE ALREADY DEVELOPED TO THE S OF THE MCS. HERE TOO..WOULD EXPECT NUMEROUS CELL MERGERS TO TAKE PLACE OVER THE NEXT FEW HRS. . 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 3202 9492 3196 9408 3150 9199 3087 9174 2914 9074 3050 9507 . NNNN