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SATELLITE PRECIPITATION ESTIMATES..DATE/TIME 12/10/07 1128Z
SATELLITE ANALYSIS BRANCH/NESDIS---NPPU---TEL.301-763-8678
LATEST DATA USED: GOES-11  1100Z KUSSELSON
NOAA AMSU:0544Z  NASA TRMM: 0925Z DMSP SSMI:2345Z/0158Z
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LOCATION...NEW MEXICO...ARIZONA...
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ATTN WFOS...EPZ...TWC...FGZ...PSR...
ATTN RFCS...WGRFC...CBRFC...
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EVENT...UPPER LOW HAS QUIT MOVING SOUTH...MOISTURE FLOWING BETTER
NORTHWARD TOWARD ARIZONA AND NEW MEXICO...
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SATELLITE ANALYSIS AND TRENDS...UPPER LOW HAS SLOWED AND EVEN HALTED
ITS SOUTHWARD DESCENT JUST OFF THE N BAJA COAST AND NOW HAS SETTLED
TO 28.5N/117W.  THINK 120KT JET CA-NV BORDER AND ADDITIONAL 120KTS
JET PACIFIC NW WILL BEGIN TO SLOWLY KICK UPPER LOW OUT TO THE NE.
DEEP MOISTURE TO THE SOUTH IN THE FORM OF 1.5" PW VALUES S GULF OF CA
POISED TO CONTINUE TO ADVECT NORTH INTO E AZ AND NM.  BLENDED TPW ANOMALY
LOOP ALREADY SHOWING INCREASING AREAL EXTENT OF 200 PERCENT OF NORMAL
PWS ACROSS E AND N AZ AND THIS IS USUALLY AN INDICATION OF FORTHCOMING
INCREASE IN INTENSITY AND AREAL EXTENT OF PRECIP AND IN TODAY'S CASE FOR
LATER TODAY AND THIS EVENING/TONIGHT.  ALREADY ON THE LATEST 0925Z TRMM
DATA...MAX 10KM RESOLUTION INSTANTANEOUS AREAL RAIN RATES OF 0.3"-0.4"/HR
BEING GENERATED ABOUT 140 MILES SOUTH OF THE SE AZ BORDER WITH MEXICO.
AND 50KT 700MB WINDS BLOWING PARALLEL THE WESTERN FRINGES OF DEEP MOISTURE
RIGHT INTO E AZ.  WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR..
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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 3471 11203 3257 10796 2896 10881 3068 11195
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