ZCZC NFDSPENES ALL SPENES . SATELLITE PRECIPITATION ESTIMATES..DATE/TIME 08/02/07 0223Z SATELLITE ANALYSIS BRANCH/NESDIS---NPPU---TEL.301-763-8678 LATEST DATA USED: G11 0215Z CK . LOCATION..SE/S CENTRAL/E ARIZONA... . ATTN WFOS...TWC...FGZ...PSR... ATTN RFCS...CBRFC... . EVENT...TSTMS INCRG . SATELLITE ANALYSIS AND TRENDS...OUTFLOW FM TSTMS OVER NM AND SE AZ HAS INITIATED NEW TSTMS OVER NAVAJO AND APACHE COUNTIES. BTWN 0030Z-0200Z MANUAL STLT ESTIMATES INDICATE OVER 3" HAS FALLEN OVER SE CENTRAL NAVAJO COUNTY..N OF SOW..WHERE SUCCESSIVE CELL MERGERS OCCURRED. RAINFALL IN EXCESS OF 3" HAS ALSO BEEN ESTIMATED OVER ERN GRAHAM COUNTY..WHERE VERY COLD TOP CELLS HAVE MERGED. FURTHER S..HVY TSTMS ARE STILL AFFECTING COCHISE COUNTY..WHILE NEW STMS HAVE DEVELOPED TO THE W..OVER PIMA AND SANTA CRUZ COUNTIES. . ADDITIONAL EXPANSION OF CNVTN AND CELL MERGERS CAN BE EXPECTED ACRS THE AREA FM SRN HALF OF NAVAJO AND APACHE COUNTIES SWWD TO PIMA/SANTA CRUZ AND COCHISE COUNTIES OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF HRS..WITH ADDITIONAL RAINFALL TOTALS OF AT LEAST 2-3" ACCORDING TO STLT TRENDS. . 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 3479 10915 3148 10929 3143 11105 3460 11059 . NNNN