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SATELLITE PRECIPITATION ESTIMATES..DATE/TIME 08/24/07 2352Z
SATELLITE ANALYSIS BRANCH/NESDIS---NPPU---TEL.301-763-8678
LATEST DATA USED: G11  2330Z  CK
...RESENT TO CORRECT TIMES LISTED ABOVE....
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LOCATION...S ARIZONA...
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ATTN WFOS...TWC...PSR...
ATTN RFCS...CBRFC...
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EVENT...MERGERS OVER PINAL AND PIMA COUNTIES
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SATELLITE ANALYSIS AND TRENDS...PIMA COUNTY...SLOW MOVG TSTMS CONTINUE TO
SPREAD FM CENTRAL TO SRN PIMA COUNTY.  BUT THE MOST NOTABLE OCCURRENCE
IS THE HUGE MERGER OVER SE PIMA..JUST W OF THE SANTA CRUZ COUNTY
BORDER. OUTFLOW FM MCS OVER MX HAS MERGED WITH CELL OVER PIMA..RESULTING
IN CLOUD TOPS COOLING TO -77C. IT IS ESTIMATED THAT 1.5" OR MORE HAS
OCCURRED IN THE PAST HF HR WITH THIS MERGER. IN GENERAL..ADDITIONAL
MERGERS ALONG THE S CENTRAL/SE BORDER OF PIMA ARE LIKELY OVER THE NEXT
HR...WITH ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2-3".
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SINCE 2030Z..SLOW MOVG AND MERGING TSTMS HAVE BEEN AFFECTING GENERAL
VCNTY OF SE PINAL COUNTY..WHERE MANUAL STLT ESTIMATES INDICATE OVER 2"
HAS FALLEN. THE STMS HAVE BEEN MOVG TWD THE SW IN RECENT IMAGERY.
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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 3308 11053 3131 11122 3124 11238 3292 11277
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