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SATELLITE PRECIPITATION ESTIMATES..DATE/TIME 08/06/07 0919Z
SATELLITE ANALYSIS BRANCH/NESDIS---NPPU---TEL.301-763-8678
LATEST DATA USED: GOES-12 0845Z  RUMINSKI
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LOCATION...COLORADO...
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ATTN WFOS...GLD...BOU...
ATTN RFCS...MBRFC...ABRFC...
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EVENT...HEAVY RAIN WITH INCREASING CONVECTION OVER NORTHEAST COLORADO
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SATELLITE ANALYSIS AND TRENDS...SINCE PREVIOUS MESSAGE THE THREE SMALER
CNVTV CLUSTERS HAVE NOW MERGED TOGETHER INTO A LARGER MCS.CLD TOP TEMPS
HAVE COOLED EVEN MORE AND ARE NOW RUNNING AS LOW AS -81C. AUTOMATED
SATELLITE ESTS ARE GIVING MAX 3 HR RAINFALL OF ABT 2.5" OVER WASHINGTON
COUNTY. FEEL THAT THIS IS A LITTLE LOW BASED ON SYSTEM BEING SLOW MVG
OVER SE PORTION OF COUNTY AND MERGING TOGETHER OF COMPLEXES. FEEL THAT
LOCALIZED MAX OF 3-4" PSBL.
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ALSO SEEING REPEAT CNVTN OVER NE EL PASO AND SRN ELBERT AS NEW CELLS CONT
TO GENERATE UPSTREAM AND TRACK ACRS THE AREA. LATEST IMAGERY SHOWS ADL
CELLS ABT TO MERGE INTO TAIL END OF COMPLEX OVER NE EL PASO. AUTOMATED
SATELLITE ESTS THRU 0845Z GIVING 2.0-2.5" FOR THIS AREA WHICH ALSO LOOKS
A LITTLE LIGHT.
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WITH ACTIVE CNVTN IN COMPLEX ALIGNED WITH MID LEVEL FLOW CONCERN IS FOR
ADL HEAVY RAIN TO TRACK ACRS PARTS OF WASHINGTON AND ADJOINING COUNTIES.
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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 4079 10443 4079 10229 3915 10241 3923 10447
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