ZCZC NFDSPENES ALL SPENES . SATELLITE PRECIPITATION ESTIMATES..DATE/TIME 08/04/07 0146Z SATELLITE ANALYSIS BRANCH/NESDIS---NPPU---TEL.301-763-8678 LATEST DATA USED: GOES-11: 0130Z DS . LOCATION...S UTAH... . ATTN WFOS...GJT...SLC... ATTN RFCS...CBRFC... . EVENT...CELL MERGER ABOUT TO OCCUR OVER E KANE COUNTY . SATELLITE ANALYSIS AND TRENDS...LATEST IR/VIS IMAGERY SHOWS TAIL END OF CLUSTER THAT PRODUCED HVY RAINS OVER GARFIELD/WAYNE COUNTIES IS NOW BUILDING SWD INTO ERN KANE COUNTY. STORM HAS WEAKENED A GOOD BIT THOUGH VIS IMAGERY/LIGHTNING DATA SHOW THERE IS STILL SOME PUNCH LEFT IN THE TAIL. ANOTHER SMALL CELL OVER W CENTRAL KANE IS SEEN ON VIS IMAGERY MOVING EWD AND WILL LIKELY MERGE WITH THE SWD BUILDING TAIL IN THE NEXT 15-30 MIN. PRODUCING SOME LOCALLY HVY RAINS OVER THE ERN PART OF THE COUNTY. ESTIMATE THAT RAIN RATES OF UP TO .5"/30 MIN COULD OCCUR AFTER MERGER. . 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 3790 11140 3764 11014 3705 11082 3726 11196 . NNNN