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SATELLITE PRECIPITATION ESTIMATES..DATE/TIME 09/17/07 2315Z
SATELLITE ANALYSIS BRANCH/NESDIS---NPPU---TEL.301-763-8678
LATEST DATA USED: G12  2300Z  CK
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LOCATION...SW TEXAS...
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ATTN WFOS...SJT...MAF...
ATTN RFCS...WGRFC...
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EVENT...NEW TSTMS VCNTY TERRELL/PECOS BORDER..AS OTHER CNVTN APPROACHES
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SATELLITE ANALYSIS AND TRENDS...AS BAND OF CNVTN EXTENDING FM N PECOS
TO NW BREWSTER COUNTY MOVES EWD A NEW BAND OF TSTMS HAS FORMED ALONG THE
TERRELL/PECOS COUNTY BORDER. WHILE THE INDIVIDUAL CELLS ARE MOVG NE..NEW
TSTMS CONTINUE TO INCR TO THE S..INVOF THE BORDER AREA OF BREWSTER AND
TERRELL COUNTIES AND JUST TO THE S OF TERRELL COUNTY.
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THE CONCERN GOING FORWARD IT TWOFOLD. THAT IS..THAT THE OUTFLOW FM THE
BAND OF CNVTN TO THE W WILL REACH AND MERGE WITH THE STMS ALONG THE
TERRELL/PECOS COUNTY BORDER. IN ADDITION..THE OUTFLOW FM THE TSTMS S OF
THE TERRELL BORDER WILL CONTINUE TO SPREAD NWD AND MERGE WITH THE CNVTN
AS WELL. THUS..VERY HVY RAINFALL RAINFALL RATES ARE LIKELY OVER PECOS
AND TERRELL COUNTIES OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF HRS..AND BREWSTER COUNTY
AS WELL. ADDITIONAL AMOUNTS BTWN 2-3" ARE POSSIBLE.
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LATEST IMAGE SHOWS THAT THE COLDEST CNVCTV CLOUD TOP IS OVER N PECOS
COUNTY..WITH CLOUD TEMPS COOLING FM -61C TO -70C IN THE PAST 15
MINUTES. THIS CELL IS MOVG NEWD AND..BASED ON CURRENT MOVEMENT..WILL
SPREAD VERY HVY RAINFALL INTO CRANE COUNTY DURING IN THE NEXT HR.
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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 3139 10213 2899 10162 2883 10398 3131 10351
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