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SATELLITE PRECIPITATION ESTIMATES..DATE/TIME 08/24/07 2305Z
SATELLITE ANALYSIS BRANCH/NESDIS---NPPU---TEL.301-763-8678
LATEST DATA USED: G12  2245Z  CK
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LOCATION...SW/S NEW MEXICO...FAR W TEXAS
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ATTN WFOS...EPZ...
ATTN RFCS...WGRFC...CBRFC...
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EVENT...BACKBUILDING/MERGING TSTMS
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SATELLITE ANALYSIS AND TRENDS...WEDGE SHAPED AREA OF CNVTN HAS FORMED
OVER THE PAST HR OVER S OTERO COUNTY/NM EXTENDING INTO N HUDSPETH
COUNTY/TX. THE WEDGE HAS FORMED AS SEVERAL TSTMS HAVE MERGED OVER S
OTERO. MANUAL STLT EST INDICATE THAT OVER 1" HAS FALLEN BTWN 2215Z-2245Z
OVER S OTERO. OTHER CELLS ARE FORMING OVER E DONA ANA AND SW OTERO
COUNTIES..AND IT IS LIKELY THAT THERE WILL BE ADDITIONAL MERGERS OVER S
OTERO COUNTY OVER THE NEXT 1-2 HRS..WITH HVY RAINFALL CONTINUING. OTHER
CELLS HAVE BEEN DEVELOPING JUST TO THE SOUTH..OVER HUDSPETH COUNTY/TX
AND TO THE W..ALONG THE OTERO/EDDY COUNTY BORDER IN NM. PRIND SUGGEST
THAT THIS AREA INVOF ALONG THE S NM/TX BORDER COULD FURTHER EVOLVE INTO
A SMALL MCS.
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FURTHER W..OVER SW NM/..HVY TSTMS HAVE BACKBUILT ACRS N HIDALGO
COUNTY. MERGERS HAVE OCCURRED..WITH MANUAL STLT ESTIMATES INDICATING OVER
AN INCH HAS FALLEN BTWN 2215Z-2245Z. ANOTHER COUPLE OF INCHES IS LIKELY.
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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 3252 10894 3238 10565 3203 10545 3172 10530 3195 10884
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