ZCZC NFDSPENES ALL SPENES . SATELLITE PRECIPITATION ESTIMATES..DATE/TIME 08/15/07 0717Z SATELLITE ANALYSIS BRANCH/NESDIS---NPPU---TEL.301-763-8678 LATEST DATA USED: GOES-12 0700Z KUSSELSON . LOCATION...SW MINNESOTA...NW IOWA...NE NEBRASKA...SE SOUTH DAKOTA... . ATTN WFOS...FSD...OAX...LBF... ATTN RFCS...NCRFC...MBRFC... . EVENT...CONVECTIVE COMPLEX NE NEBRASKA/S SD AND IMPACTS NEXT 2-3HRS... . SATELLITE ANALYSIS AND TRENDS...MAIN CONVECTIVE COMPLEX ORIENTED WITH FLOW ACROSS S CENTRAL THRU SE SD. VERY COLD CLOUD TOPS FLUCTUATING BETWEEN -75C AND -80C MAINLY INTERIOR SE SD AND EXPECT TRAINING CELLS BURSTS TO CONTINUE NEXT HR FOR CHARLES MIX AND 1-2HRS EAST OF HERE FROM HUTCHISON TO NW IA AND SW MN BORDERS WHERE FF THREAT WILL HEIGHTEN. PWS INCREASING TO 1.6” AND 150 PERCENT OF NORMAL AND ORIENTATION WILL ALLOW ENOUGH TRAINING CELLS OF 1-2 INCHES PER HR TO HEIGHTEN FF THREAT AS WELL. MAIN BOUNDARY JUST TO THE SOUTH...BUT SHORT WAVE DESTABILZER NOT AS STRONG...SO CLOUD TOP COOLING WILL KEEP OVERALL CLOUD TOPS WARMER AND AS RESULT PRODUCE LESS PRECIP ACROSS NE NEBRASKA...BUT WILL KEEP AN EYE ON THIS AS MAX PWS CENTERED NEAR SD/NEBRASKA/NW IA BORDER AT CLOSE TO 1.9 INCHES OR 175 PERCENT OF NORMAL. WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR... . 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 4379 9576 4237 9583 4234 9857 4316 9922 . NNNN