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SATELLITE PRECIPITATION ESTIMATES..DATE/TIME 11/18/07 1007Z
SATELLITE ANALYSIS BRANCH/NESDIS---NPPU---TEL.301-763-8678
LATEST DATA USED: GOES-12 0945Z  RUMINSKI
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LOCATION...TEXAS...
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ATTN WFOS...HGX...CRP...EWX...
ATTN RFCS...WGRFC...
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EVENT...EVOLUTION OF HEAVY RAIN WITH CONVECTIVE COMPLEX OVER EAST TEXAS
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SATELLITE ANALYSIS AND TRENDS...IR SATELLITE TRENDS PAST COUPLE OF HRS
SHOWS THAT CLD TOP TEMPS HAVE WARMED NOTICEABLY WITH COLDEST CLUSTER
THAT TRACKED ACRS LIBERTY AND HARDIN COUNTIES AND IS NOW CROSSING INTO
LA. AS THIS CLUSTER HAS WEAKENED AS IT MOVES E ADL CNVTN HAS FLARED UP
OVER FAYETTE AND ADJOINING COUNTIES AND ALSO ALG A LN FROM JACKSON TO
WHARTON TO FORT BEND. IR LOOP SHOWS LOW LEVEL MOISTURE IN FORM OF CU
BANDS CONTG TO FEED INTO CNVTN FROM THE WRN GULF.
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TWO CONCERNS ATTM – 1ST IS ADL RAINFALL OVER FAYETTE WILL AGGRAVATE
ONGOING FLOOD SITN. LATEST 3 HR SATELLITE ESTS SHOWING ANOTHER 1" OVER
NRN FAYETTE. 2ND CONCERN IS FOR TRAINING AND/OR ANOTHER WEDGE DEVELOPING
INVOF FORT BEND/WHARTON. AMS AND SYNOPTIC SITN HAVE ALRDY SHOWN THAT VERY
HEAVY RAIN CAN BE SUPPORTED AS PER 6+" AT KCXO. LATEST GOES DERIVED LI
FIELD HAS GREATEST INSTABILITY IN THIS RGN WITH MICROWAVE/GPS DERIVED
PW MAX ALSO JUST W OF GALVESTON BAY.
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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 3056 9694 3051 9487 2910 9476 2902 9696
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