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SATELLITE PRECIPITATION ESTIMATES..DATE/TIME 03/18/08 0020Z
SATELLITE ANALYSIS BRANCH/NESDIS---NPPU---TEL.301-763-8678
LATEST DATA USED: 0015Z  GOES-12  TEB
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LOCATION...TEXAS...
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ATTN WFOS...FWD...OUN...EWX...SJT...LUB...MAF...
ATTN RFCS...ABRFC...WGRFC...
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EVENT...EARLY STAGES OF SIGNIFICANT RAIN DEVELOPMENT
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SATELLITE ANALYSIS AND TRENDS...A BROKEN AREA OF DEVELOPING CONVECTION
IN WEST CENTRAL TEXAS IS NOT MEETING FF REQUIREMENTS ATTM BUT MAY BE THE
EARLY FORMATION OF SUBSEQUENT PROBLEMS FURTHER NORTH OF ABILENE AND UP TO
THE RED RIVER LATER TONIGHT.  EXCELLENT LOW LEVEL MOISTURE FEEDING INTO
CONVERGENCE BOUNDARY WHICH SHOULD, FOR A TIME, REMAIN NEARLY STATIONARY
WHILE UPPER LOW AND ASSOCIATED TROF DEVELOPS WEST OF THE RIO GRANDE
DOWN IN OLD MEXICO AS SEEN ON WV IMAGERY LOOP.  UPPER LEVEL SPLIT ALSO
INCREASES IN TIME.  THEREFORE, INDIVIDUAL CELLS WILL LIKELY MOVE FAIRLY
QUICKLY NORTHWARD BUT REPEATING EPISODES OF .8" TO 1.3" PER HALF-HOUR
RAIN RATES WILL TALLY UP TO CAUSE POTENTIAL FF PROBLEMS.
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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 3383 9806 2922 9882 2993 10137 3381 10078
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