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SATELLITE PRECIPITATION ESTIMATES..DATE/TIME 08/07/07 0617Z
SATELLITE ANALYSIS BRANCH/NESDIS---NPPU---TEL.301-763-8678
LATEST DATA USED: GOES-12 0545Z  RUMINSKI
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LOCATION...WISCONSIN...ILLINOIS...IOWA...
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ATTN WFOS...LOT...MKX...DVN...ARX...
ATTN RFCS...NCRFC...
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EVENT...HEAVY RAIN ALONG MUCH OF WISCONSIN/ILLINOIS BORDER AREA
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SATELLITE ANALYSIS AND TRENDS...LN OF VERY CD TOPPED CNVTN (CLD TOP TEMPS
TO -78C) HAS RAPIDLY DEVELOPED OVER NRN TIER OF COUNTIES IN NW IL (FROM
JO DAVIESS TO WINNEBAGO) AND EXTRM ERN IA (JACKSON). THIS IN ADVANCE
OF ORGANIZED CLUSTER WITHIN MCC OVER N CENTRAL IA WHICH IS NOW GRDLY
SHIFTING E. CNVTN LN IS ALIGNED WITH CELL MVMNT AND STEERING FLOW AND
VERY CONDUCIVE FOR TRAINING ACTIVITY. CNVTN IS TRACKING ALG TOP OF UPR
RIDGE AXIS CENTERED OVER WRN KY. RAIN BURSTS UP TO 1.5 TO 1.75 INCHES
PER HLF HR PSBL UNDER CORES.
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WITH BACK EDGE OF LN INTO ORGANIZED CLUSTER OVER BLACK HAWK AND
VICINITY...EXCESSIVE RAIN THREAT EXTENDS EWRD FROM BLACK HAWK ACROSS NRN
IL ALL THE WAY TO LK MICHIGAN FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE NGT. LOCALIZED
AMNTS OF 5 INCHES OR MORE APR LIKELY ALG THIS CORRIDOR.
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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 4289 9170 4286 8813 4198 8823 4221 9172
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