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SATELLITE PRECIPITATION ESTIMATES..DATE/TIME 08/30/07 2213Z
SATELLITE ANALYSIS BRANCH/NESDIS---NPPU---TEL.301-763-8678
LATEST DATA USED: GOES-12: 2202Z	DS
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LOCATION...W KENTUCKY...S INDIANA...S ILLINOIS...
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ATTN WFOS...LMK...IND...PAH...ILX...LSX...
ATTN RFCS...OHRFC...LMRFC...NCRFC...
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EVENT...NEARLY STNRY CELLS ACROSS WRN KY
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SATELLITE ANALYSIS AND TRENDS...CONVECTION ACROSS KY HAS BEEN FOCUSED
ALONG A LOW LVL CNVG AXIS ORIENTED W-E THROUGH THE STATE. SFC WIND PLOT
SHOWS THIS AXIS WELL AND HAS PINNED CNVTN INTO A NARROW ARROW STRETCHING
FROM THE IL/KY BORDER JUST NE OF KPAH TO JUST N OF KBWG. CELLS GREW VERY
QUICKLY ALONG THE IL/KY BORDER AS THE CLUSTER IN IL COLLAPSED ABOUT AN
90 MIN AGO. A LARGE MERGER BETWEEN TWO CLUSTERS WAS JUST OBSERVED PER
2145Z IR IMAGERY OVER WRN KY ALONG THIS LINE WHICH IS WHERE HEAVIEST
RAINS HAVE LIKELY OCCURRED. MERGER APPEARS TO HAVE OCCURRED OVER MCLEAN/N
HOPKINS/AND MUHLENBERG COUNTIES. SEVERAL OVERSHOOTING TOPS CAN BE SEEN ON
VIS IMAGERY EXTENDING EWD ALONG THE LINE BUT THE MOST ORGANIZED AND STNRY
AREA CONTINUES TO BE THE AREA FROM CRITTENDEN COUNTY TO MUHLENBERG/W
BUTLER COUNTIES. COLDEST CLOUD TOP FOUND ON CLUSTER OVER W KY IS NOW
AT -73C OVER N HOPKINS. 1 HR AUTOESTIMATOR ENDING 2145Z SHOWED A 1.4"
AMOUNT MAX OVER W HOPKINS/S WEBSTER/N CALDWELL AND THIS DOES NOT INCLUDE
THE INTENSE MERGER THAT HAS JUST TAKEN PLACE. LIKELY AN ADDITION 1.5-2"
CAN BE ADDED TO THE AUTOESTIMATOR GRAPHIC WHERE THE MERGER HAS TAKEN
PLACE OVER HOPKINS/ MUHLENBERG COUNTIES. SEE WEB ADDRESS BELOW IN 5-10
MIN FOR ESTIMATE GRAPHIC THROUGH 2145Z.
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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 3891 8867 3787 8498 3691 8501 3683 8898
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