ZCZC NFDSPENES ALL SPENES . SATELLITE PRECIPITATION ESTIMATES..DATE/TIME 08/15/07 0901Z SATELLITE ANALYSIS BRANCH/NESDIS---NPPU---TEL.301-763-8678 LATEST DATA USED: GOES-12 0845Z KUSSELSON . LOCATION...S MINNESOTA...N IOWA...SE SOUTH DAKOTA... . ATTN WFOS...ARX...MPX...DMX...FSD... ATTN RFCS...NCRFC...MBRFC... . EVENT...CONVECTIVE COMPLEX ACROSS SE SD...N IA AND S MN... . SATELLITE ANALYSIS AND TRENDS...SHORT WAVE IMPULSE NOW MOVING RAPIDLY ACROSS C SD HELPING TO ACCELERATE MERGED CONVECTIVE COMPLEX ACROSS SE SD THRU THE IA/MN BORDER AREA. HIGHEST PW MOISTURE FROM SE SD/SW MN ACROSS E CENTRAL IOWA AND COMPLEX TO STEER JUST NORTH OF HERE NEXT 3HRS WITH CONVECTION STRETCHING OUT WEST TO EAST WITH FLOW. ORIENTATION OF COMPLEX ALONG FLOW WILL RESULT IN BURSTS OF HVY RAIN OF 1-2 INCHES PER HR SW MN...IE ROCK COUNTY...NW IA VIC OF OSCEOLA/DICKINSON TO NE IA VIC OF WINNESHIEK AND SE MN VIC OF FILLMORE COUNTY. LOW LEVEL JET OF 35-40KTS KICKING IN E NEBRASKA INTO N IA/SW MN THAT SHOULD HELP WITH SOME ADDITIONAL MOISTURE TRANSPORT AND INSTABILITY AND KEEP ACTIVITY GOING THRU 12Z. 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 4393 9293 4331 9287 4282 9686 4390 9741 4389 9747 . NNNN