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SATELLITE PRECIPITATION ESTIMATES..DATE/TIME 08/05/07 0230Z
SATELLITE ANALYSIS BRANCH/NESDIS---NPPU---TEL.301-763-8678
LATEST DATA USED: GOES-11: 0223Z	 DS
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LOCATION...NE ARIZONA...
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ATTN WFOS...ABQ...FGZ...
ATTN RFCS...CBRFC...
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EVENT...TWO STRONG CELLS COMING CLOSER TO MERGING
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SATELLITE ANALYSIS AND TRENDS...TWO STRONG CLUSTERS OF CELLS EMBEDDED IN
CENTRAL APACHE CO HAVE BEEN VERY SLOW MOVING SINCE FORMING. BOTH HAVE
CLOUD TOP TEMPS OF -75C TO -78C AND ARE BEGINNING TO SPREAD OUT. AN
OVERSHOOTING TOP IS SEEN JUST N OF KSJN WHERE 02Z SFC WINDS FROM THE
NE INDICATE THAT THE MORE ERLY CLUSTER WILL LIKELY BE PUSHED WSW AND
INTO THE PATH OF THE CELL CLUSTER ALONG THE APACHE/NAVAJO BORDER. A
MERGER LOOKS VERY LIKELY IF IT IS NOT ALREADY OCCURRING. ESTIMATE THAT
1.5-1.8" FELL JUST N OF KSJN IN THE HR ENDING 0200Z WITH ANOTHER .5-.7"
HAVING FALLEN SINCE THEN. THE CELLS CLOSER TO THE APACHE/NAVAJO BORDER
HAD PRODUCED AN ESTIMATED 1.5-1.8" IN THAT SAME TIME PERIOD. ANOTHER CELL
SEEN ON VIS IMAGERY IS SEEN SNAKING THROUGH THE CIRRUS BLOWOFF SEWD ACROSS
NAVAJO COUNTY AND IS BUILDING EWD TWDS THE CELLS ALREADY MENTIONED ABOVE.
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FYI SPENES WEB PAGE AT WEB ADDRESS SEEN BELOW IS HAVING SOME PROBLEMS
LOADING MESSAGES IN A TIMELY MANNER AND CORRECT ORDER TONIGHT SO WEB
GRAPHICS AND ESTIMATE GRAPHICS MAY NOT BE AVAILABLE UNTIL IT IS FIXED.
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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 3510 11109 3502 10877 3421 10884 3439 11095
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