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SATELLITE PRECIPITATION ESTIMATES..DATE/TIME 08/02/07 2258Z
SATELLITE ANALYSIS BRANCH/NESDIS---NPPU---TEL.301-763-8678
LATEST DATA USED: G11 2246Z  CK
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LOCATION...UTAH...
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ATTN WFOS...GJT...SLC...
ATTN RFCS...CBRFC...
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EVENT...TSTMS INCRG INVOF CENTRAL UTAH
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SATELLITE ANALYSIS AND TRENDS...TSTMS HAVE BEEN INCRG ACRS IN NUMBER
AND INTENSITY OVER PARTS OF UT..ESP CENTRAL AND WRN UT. THE COOLEST TOP
STMS EXTEND FM PIUTE COUNTY THRU UTAH COUNTY. INDIVIDUAL CELLS HAVE BEEN
GENERALLY MOVG TWD THE NE. HOWEVER..WITH THE INCR IN NUMBER OF STMS..CELL
MERGERS ARE LIKELY TO TAKE PLACE OVER THE NEXT FEW HRS OVER PARTS OF THE
AREA. GOES WV AND IR IMAGERY SHOW SHORT WAVE OVER E NV..WHICH MAY PROVIDE
ENOUGH LIFT AS IT PROGRESSES TO FURTHER ENHANCE TSTM ACTIVITY..ESP OVER
CENTRAL UT. OBJECTIVE ANALYSIS SHOWS SFC CONVERGENCE MAX ORIENTED NW
TO SE FM S OF THE SALT LAKE TO SE UT..WITH BULLSEYE NE OF MLF. THIS
COINCIDES NICELY WITH THE MOST OF THE CURRENT TSTM ACTIVITY.
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GOES SOUNDER SHOWS THAT INCREASINGLY HIGHER PW'S HAVE SURGED NWD FM
AZ. THIS IN COMBINATION WITH CELL MERGERS..AND PSBL CELL TRAINING OVER
SOME LOCATIONS..IS LIKELY TO RESULT IN ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF
1-2" ACRS PARTS OF THE AREA FM S CENTRAL UT TO S/SW/SE OF THE SALT
LAKE...WITH SOME 2"PLUS AMOUNTS. IN ADDITION TO THE CELLS ALREADY
OVER UTAH..OF CONCERN IS ALSO THE CNVTN OVER E NV..SOME OF WHICH WHICH
HAS BEGUN TO SPREAD ACRS W CENTRAL UT BORDER. THUS...THE COUNTIES OF
TOOELE/JUAB/MILLARD ARE LIKELY TO SEE CELL MERGERS AS WELL.

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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 4078 11318 4075 11030 3777 11017 3786 11304
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