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SATELLITE PRECIPITATION ESTIMATES..DATE/TIME 09/09/07 2126Z
SATELLITE ANALYSIS BRANCH/NESDIS---NPPU---TEL.301-763-8678
LATEST DATA USED: G12  2115Z   CK
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LOCATION...CENTRAL TO SW NEW MEXICO...SE ARIZONA...
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ATTN WFOS...ABQ...EPZ...TWC...
ATTN RFCS...WGRFC...CBRFC...
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EVENT...UPDATE...CNVTN CONTINUES TO INCR FM SE AZ TO N OF TCS/NM
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SATELLITE ANALYSIS AND TRENDS...CLOUD TOP TEMPS HAVE REACHED THEIR COLDEST
LEVELS THUS FAR OVER COCHISE COUNTY/AZ AND HIDALGO COUNTY/NM.. AS NUMEROUS
CELL MERGERS HAVE OCCURRED. MANUAL STLT ESTIMATES INDICATE RAINFALL
TOTALS IN THE 1-2" RANGE OVER SE/E COCHISE COUNTY IN AZ AND OVER HIDALGO
AND GRANT COUNTIES IN NM..WITH SOME LOCATIONS RECEIVING MORE THAN 2".
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FURTHER N OVER NM...WARM TOP CELLS HAVE DEVELOPED NR THE CATRON/SIERRA
BORDER. BUT MOST NOTICEABLE ARE THE NUMEROUS WARM TOP TSTMS OVER SOCORRO
COUNTY. LATEST G12 IMAGERY SHOWS THAT A MERGER HAS OCCURRED INVOF CENTRAL
SOCORRO COUNTY..WITH CLOUD TOPS COOLING NR -60C. THE STMS OVER SOCORRO
COUNTY HAVE BEEN INDUCED..IN PART..BY SHORT WAVE MOVG ACRS WRN HALF OF NM
PER GOES WV IMAGERY ANIMATION. WOULD EXPECT ADDITIONAL EXPANSION OF TSTMS
OVER SOCORRO COUNTY AS OUTFLOW FM STMS OVER SW NM FEEDS NEWD..RESULTING
IN ADDITIONAL MERGERS.
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SE/S AZ..LATEST IMAGERY SHOWS TSTM DEVELOPMENT FURTHER W..OVER S CENTRAL
AND SW COCHISE COUNTY AND INVOF/S OF SANTA CRUZ COUNTY. IMAGERY ANIMATION
INDICATES THAT CELL MERGERS ARE LIKELY TO OCCUR OVER THESE AREAS AS WELL.
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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 3514 10650 3437 10576 3103 10800 3111 10962 3220 10959
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