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SATELLITE PRECIPITATION ESTIMATES..DATE/TIME 08/27/07 0814Z
SATELLITE ANALYSIS BRANCH/NESDIS---NPPU---TEL.301-763-8678
LATEST DATA USED: G11  0800Z  CK
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LOCATION...ARIZONA...UTAH...NEVADA...CALFORNIA
LOCATION...W COLORADO
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ATTN WFOS...GJT...FGZ...SLC...VEF...LKN...HNX...
ATTN RFCS...CBRFC...CNRFC...
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EVENT...S CA VORT MOVG NE...INCRG TSTMS AHEAD OF IT
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SATELLITE ANALYSIS AND TRENDS...GOES WV IMAGERY SHOWS VORT CENTER NE OF
RIV..MOVG NEWD TWD S NV. N AND WELL NE OF VORT..TSTMS HAVE BEEN INCRG.
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CA/NV...DURING THE PAST HR..WARM TOP TSTMS HAVE BEEN INCRG OVER NYE AND
W LINCOLN COUNTIES/NV AND OVER INYO COUNTY/CA. THESE STMS ARE VERY WARM
TOP..-40S C..AND ARE MOVG SLOWLY BUT INCRG RAPIDLY IN NUMBER. DUE TO THE
INCR IN COVERAGE..IT IS LIKELY THAT SOME MERGERS WILL TAKE PLACE OVER
THE NEXT COUPLE OF HRS. THIS..ALONG WITH DEW POINTS IN THE MID/UPPR 50'S
AND PW'S OF AT LEAST 1-1.2"..WILL RESULT IN SOME FAIRLY HVY RAINBURSTS
OVER THE MENTIONED COUNTIES. STLT TRENDS SUGGEST THAT 0.5-1" AMOUNTS
WILL BE COMMON WITH TSTMS..WITH SOME LOCATIONS PICKING UP BTWN 1-1.5"
OR MORE. NEW CELLS HAVE ALSO BEGUN TO FORM OVER CLARK COUNTY.
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S UT/N AZ...EXISTING TSTMS CONTINUE TO INCR IN INTENSITY WHILE NEW
CELLS BEGIN TO FORM.  CLOUD TOPS HAVE BEEN STEADILY COOLING OVER MOHAVE
COUNTY/AZ AND CONCONINO COUNTY..WITH MOVEMENT TWD THE N. OVER S UT..WARM
TOP TSTMS CONTINUE TO TRAIN NEWD FM AZ INTO WASHINGTON COUNTY..AS THE
LN OF STMS GRADUALLY SHIFTS EWD. THE COOLEST CLOUD TOPS..HOWEVER..ARE
OVER KANE AND SAN JUAN COUNTIES.
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WITH THE STEADY NEWD PROGRESSION OF THE VORT..WOULD EXPECT TSTMS
TO CONTINUE TO INCR OVER NV/SW TO SE TO E UT/N AZ..WITH MOD/HHVY
RAIN AFFECTING NUMEROUS LOCATIONS. SOME CELL TRAINING AND MERGERS ARE
LIKELY..ESP OVER UTAH. STLT TRENDS ALSO INDICATE THAT SOME MOD/HVY RAIN
WILL SPREAD INTO W CO AS WELL.
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....GRAPHIC WILL BE AVAILABLE ON WEBSITE..ADDRESS BELOW..IN APPX 10 MIN.
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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 3915 10839 3742 10868 3681 10948 3526 10949 3535 11611
3695 11850 3896 11537
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