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SATELLITE PRECIPITATION ESTIMATES..DATE/TIME 08/07/07 0359Z
SATELLITE ANALYSIS BRANCH/NESDIS---NPPU---TEL.301-763-8678
LATEST DATA USED: GOES-12 0345Z  RUMINSKI
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LOCATION...MISSOURI...IOWA...NEBRASKA...SOUTH DAKOTA...
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ATTN WFOS...DMX...EAX...FSD...OAX...
ATTN RFCS...NCRFC...MBRFC...
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EVENT...HEAVY RAIN WITH IMPRESSIVE MCS OVER WESTERN IOWA
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SATELLITE ANALYSIS AND TRENDS...INGREDIENTS IN PLACE FOR VERY HEAVY
RAIN EVENT TNGT. AMBIENT MOISTURE ALMOST OFF THE CHART WITH RAOB/GOES
DERIVED PW/S IN THE 2.3-2.4” RANGE AND SFC TD/S ARND 80. SFC
MOISTURE CONVERGENT MAX AXIS LIES JUST S OF CNVTN FROM SW IA ACRS
EXTRM SE NEBRASKA. IMPRESSIVE 8H THETA-E MAX OF 364K CENTERED OVER
EXTRM SE NEBRASKA AS WELL ALLOWING FOR STG THETA-E ADV INTO REAR FLANK
OF COMPLEX ALG IA/NE BORDER WITH LATEST 8H PROFILER DATA SHOWS 30 KT
OF INFLOW. PLENTY OF INSTABILITY ALSO IN PLACE WITH GOES DERIVED LI/S
REACHING -9 OVER ERN NE AND CAPES OVER 5000.
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CNVTV FEEDBACK ALRDY EVIDENT WITH WEDGE SHAPE IN PLACE AND ENHANCED-V
SIGNATURES ADDING TO UPR DIFFLUENCE. AUTOMATED SATELLITE ESTS SHOWING
ARND 4” MAX FOR 3 HRS ENDING 0330Z OVER SHELBY AND POTTAWATTAMIE. WITH
ADL CNVTN RAPIDLY BUILDING OVER ERN NE THAT WILL CONT TO FEED INTO BACK
EDGE OF COMPLEX EXPECT HEAVY RAIN AREA TO EXPAND WITH ADL HEAVY RAIN
OVER AREAS THAT HAVE ALRDY RECEIVED HEAVY RAIN.
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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 4257 9686 4252 9255 4058 9267 4064 9694
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