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SATELLITE PRECIPITATION ESTIMATES..DATE/TIME 08/25/07 2057Z
SATELLITE ANALYSIS BRANCH/NESDIS---NPPU---TEL.301-763-8678
LATEST DATA USED: GOES-12 2045Z  RUMINSKI
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LOCATION...TEXAS...
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ATTN WFOS...MAF...EPZ...
ATTN RFCS...WGRFC...
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EVENT...RAINFALL WITH CONVECTION OVER WEST TEXAS
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SATELLITE ANALYSIS AND TRENDS...CNVTN HAS DEVELOPED QUICKLY OVER NRN
PRESIDIO..JEFF DAVIS AND SRN CULBERSON. AMS IS SUFFICIENTLY MOIST TO
SUPPORT HEAVY RAINFALL WITH LATEST GOES DERIVED PW/S 1.25-1.35 INCHES
AND RUNNING NEAR 150 PERCENT OF NORMAL. CLD TOP TEMPS HAVE REACHED AS
CD AS -71C AND COMBINED WITH VIS IMAGERY INDICATE SOME OVERSHOOTING
TOPS. AS CNVTN HAS BECOME MORE NUMEROUS..LIKELIHOOD OF MERGING CELLS
AND LOCALIZED SATURATION IS INCRG.
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HIGHEST RAINFALL TOTS THUS FAR APR TO BE ALG THE JEFF DAVIS/PRESIDIO
BORDER WITH ABT 2" ESTD MANUALLY. AUTOMATED ESTS ARE ABT HALF THAT AMNT
AND DISCOUNTED. WITH VRY CD CLD TOPS NOW PREVAILING AND MERGERS OCRG..MAX
HALF HR RAINFALL COULD REACH AS HI AS 1.0 TO 1.25 INCHES.
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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 3131 10334 2961 10341 2956 10545 3126 10519
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