ZCZC NFDSPENES ALL SPENES . SATELLITE PRECIPITATION ESTIMATES..DATE/TIME 10/21/07 0845Z SATELLITE ANALYSIS BRANCH/NESDIS---NPPU---TEL.301-763-8678 LATEST DATA USED: G12 0815Z CK . LOCATION...FLORIDA KEYS . ATTN WFOS...KEY... ATTN RFCS...SERFC... . EVENT...SLOW MOVG CONVECTION..MERGER PAST HR INVOF BIG PINE KEY . SATELLITE ANALYSIS AND TRENDS...MCS MENTIONED IN PREVIOUS SPENES BEGAN TO SPLIT AROUND 05Z..WITH HEAVIEST CORES N AND S OF THE LOWER KEYES AND MORE LINEAR CONVECTION OVER PARTS OF THE LOWER KEYS WELL E OF EYE AND W OF MTH. DURING THE PAST HR..HOWEVER..A SMALL BUT HVY CORE HAS FOCUSED OVER LAND INVOF BIG PINE KEY. WITH THIS APPARENT MERGER..MANUAL STLT ESTIMATES INDICATE THAT BTWN 2-3" HAS OCCURRED FM 0715Z-0815Z. . SEE NCEP HPC DISCUSSION AND QPF/S FOR FORECAST. ....NESDIS IS A MEMBER OF 12 PLANET.... . SSD/SAB WEB ADDRESS FOR PRECIP ESTIMATES: HTTP://WWW.SSD.NOAA.GOV/PS/PCPN/ ...ALL LOWER CASE EXCEPT /PS/PCPN/ . LAT...LON 2494 8110 2438 8074 2411 8194 2488 8197 . NNNN