ZCZC NFDSPENES ALL SPENES . SATELLITE PRECIPITATION ESTIMATES..DATE/TIME 08/16/07 0417Z SATELLITE ANALYSIS BRANCH/NESDIS---NPPU---TEL.301-763-8678 LATEST DATA USED: GOES-12 0400Z KUSSELSON NOAA AMSU:1930Z/2230Z DMSP SSMI:2313Z/0103Z NASA TRMM:0049Z . LOCATION...SE TEXAS... . ATTN WFOS...HGX...CRP...EWX... ATTN RFCS...WGRFC... . EVENT...ERIN COLD TOP HVY RAINS SPREADING INTO THE MID COAST... . SATELLITE ANALYSIS AND TRENDS...NESDIS HYDROESTIMATOR MAX 3HR AND 6HR RAIN RATES WITH ERIN THRU 0330Z 3.5 INCHES AND 6.4 INCHES RESPECTIVELY CLOSE TO 27.3N/95W. COLDEST TOPS HANGING NEAR CENTER AND ANOTHER BATCH OF NEAR -80C CLOUD TOPS APPROACHING THE COAST CENTERED AT CALHOUN COUNTY. DRIER AIR/LOWER PWS MOVING WEST TOWARD CENTRAL AMERICA AND FAR WESTERN CARIBBEAN AND THIS FORCING HIGH PW MOISTURE AROUND AND EAST OF ERIN TO MOVE WEST TOWARD THE SE TX AREA...SO ERIN LOOKS ON TRACK TO MOVE INLAND LATER THIS MORNING. ALSO LATEST TROPICAL RAINFALL POTENTIAL IS AT:HTTP://WWW.SSD.NOAA.GOV/PS/TROP/TRAP.HTML ALL LOWER CASE EXCEPT PS/TROP...CLICK ON ERIN FOR LATEST TRAPS. . 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 2911 9694 2892 9454 2739 9468 2798 9703 . NNNN