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SATELLITE PRECIPITATION ESTIMATES..DATE/TIME 09/17/07 1952Z
SATELLITE ANALYSIS BRANCH/NESDIS---NPPU---TEL.301-763-8678
LATEST DATA USED: G12  1945Z  CK
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LOCATION...E NEW MEXICO TO W TEXAS PANHANDLE
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ATTN WFOS...LUB...AMA...MAF...ABQ...
ATTN RFCS...ABRFC...WGRFC...
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EVENT...TSTMS INCRG OVER NM AS UPPR SHORT WAVE APPROACHES
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SATELLITE ANALYSIS AND TRENDS...WV IMAGERY ANIMATION SHOWS SHORT WAVE
AND WV PLUME OVER NM..WITH BACK EDGE INVOF N CENTRAL THRU S CENTRAL
NM..MOVG E. AS THE SHORT WAVE PROGRESSES E..A SCT TO BROKEN AREA WARM
TOP TSTMS HAS BEEN DEVELOPING E OF A LN FM N OF CNM TO RTN. A SECOND
AREA OF TSTMS IS FURTHER W..OVER N CENTRAL TO CENTRAL NM. THE ERN AREA
IS OF PARTICULAR CONCERN AS DEW POINTS GENERALLY RANGE FM THE MID 50S
TO LOW 60S..AND PW'S OVER ERN NM RANGE UP TO 1-2.1-3" AND INCR FURTHER
OVER TX PANHANDLE. ADDITIONALLY..WITH THE INCRG IN NUMBER OF STMS..AND
SWRLY FLOW..THE LATEST TRENDS SUGGEST GOOD POSSIBILITY OF CELL MERGERS AND
PERHAPS SOME TRAINING OVER E CENTRAL AND NE NM/W TX PANHANDLE AREA AS THE
AFTN PROGRESSES. WITH DECENT LL MOISTURE AND MERGERS..WOULD EXPECT 1-2"
AMOUNTS COMMON..WITH SOME TOTALS IN EXCESS OF 2".
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A QUICK LOOK AT 1945Z IMAGE SHOWS MERGERS NOW TAKING PLACE OVER
ROOSEVELT/CURRY/UNION COUNTIES IN NM.

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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 3572 10177 3301 10261 3268 10394 3338 10473 3567 10424
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