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SATELLITE PRECIPITATION ESTIMATES..DATE/TIME 11/18/07 0432Z
SATELLITE ANALYSIS BRANCH/NESDIS---NPPU---TEL.301-763-8678
LATEST DATA USED: GOES-12 0415Z  RUMINSKI
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LOCATION...TEXAS...
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ATTN WFOS...HGX...FWD...EWX...
ATTN RFCS...WGRFC...
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EVENT...HEAVY RAIN WITH CONVECTIVE COMPLEX
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SATELLITE ANALYSIS AND TRENDS...CNVTV COMPLEX HAS BEEN INCRG/EXPANDING
AND SHOWN SOME BACKBUILDING PAST COUPLE OF HRS. DEEP MOISTURE IS BEING
TAPPED FOR HEAVY RAIN WITH GOES DERIVED..MICROWAVE AND 00Z RAOBS ALL
SHOWING 1.75-1.85" PW/S STRADDLING THE COAST. REPEAT CNVTN HAS BEEN
MOST PREVALENT ACROSS FAYETTE..NORTHERN COLORADO AND NORTHWEST AUSTIN
COUNTIES WHERE THE VARIOUS AUTOMATED SATELLITE ESTIMATING TECHNIQUES
ARE ALL INDICATING ARND 2.5" STORM TOTS THRU 0345Z. THESE AMNTS ARE NOW
LIKELY 3.0-3.50" WITH 415Z IMAGE SHOWING CD CLD TOPPED CNVTN CONTG.
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WITH CNVTV LN IN PLACE OVER THE ABV NAMED COUNTIES FOR PAST FEW
HRS..LOCAL AMS HAS BECOME NRLY SATURATED ALLOWING FOR EVEN GREATER
RAINFALL EFFICIENCY GOING FORWARD..SO EXPECT SLIGHTLY HIGHER RAIN RATES
THESE AREAS. ALSO ADDING TO HIGHER RAIN RATES IS CONVECTIVELY INDUCED
UPR DIFFLUENCE AS INDICATED WITH EXPANDING V-WEDGE IN IR IMAGERY.
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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 3050 9776 3048 9590 2961 9577 2958 9775
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