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SATELLITE PRECIPITATION ESTIMATES..DATE/TIME 09/11/07 0412Z
SATELLITE ANALYSIS BRANCH/NESDIS---NPPU---TEL.301-763-8678
LATEST DATA USED: GOES-12 0345Z  RUMINSKI
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LOCATION...TEXAS...NEW MEXICO...
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ATTN WFOS...SJT...MAF...ABQ...EPZ...
ATTN RFCS...WGRFC...
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EVENT...AREAS OF HEAVY RAIN OVER WEST TEXAS AND SOUTHERN NEW MEXICO
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SATELLITE ANALYSIS AND TRENDS...SATELLITE TRENDS PAST CPL OF HRS OVER
THE RGN SHOW CNVTN HAS REMAINED AT LEAST LOOSELY ALIGNED WITH MAIN FNTL
BNDRY FROM ARND KABI TO KSRR AND ALG WEAKER BOUNDARY/OUTFLOW FURTHER S
THAT HAS PUSHED S OF KJCT AND KFST. CNVTN HAS MAINLY BEEN PROGRESSIVE
WHICH HAS KEPT RAINFALL TOTS FROM BECOMING TOO HI.
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MOST ACTIVE CLUSTERS OF CNVTN CURRENTLY ARE OVER CENTRAL LEA..ERN PECOS
AND ALONG THE SRN DONA ANA BORDER. WITH THE MOIST AMS (GOES AND GPS
DERIVED PW/S ARND 2" NR KJCT TO ARND 1.4" NR KELP) IN PLACE..CLD TOP TEMPS
SUPPORT HALF HR RAINFALL OF 1.0-1.25". WITH PROGRESSIVE NATURE OF CNVTN
MAX RAINFALL TOTS HAVE BEEN ARND 2.0-2.5" OVER A CPL OF HRS. FOR NEXT FEW
HRS IT/S DIFFICULT TO FIND ANY DISCERNABLE SHORT WAVE IMPULSE EMERGING
FROM OLD MEXICO IN THE FLOW ARND PERIPHERY OF UPR LEVEL ANTICYCLONE THAT
WOULD SUPPORT INCRG CNVTN ATTM.
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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 3294 10713 3280 10209 2875 10206 2883 10691
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