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SATELLITE PRECIPITATION ESTIMATES..DATE/TIME 03/18/08 0555Z
SATELLITE ANALYSIS BRANCH/NESDIS---NPPU---TEL.301-763-8678
LATEST DATA USED: GOES-11 0545Z    KUSSELSON
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LOCATION...C TO INTERIOR W TEXAS...
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ATTN WFOS...FWD...OUN...EWX...SJT...MAF...
ATTN RFCS...ABRFC...WGRFC...
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EVENT...CONVECTION HANGING BACK JUST WEST AND EAST OF 100W...
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SATELLITE ANALYSIS AND TRENDS...UPPER LOW ON GOES WEST WATER VAPOR
CONTINUING TO REFORM EAST ACROSS SW TX.  LIFT JUST AHEAD AND MOISTURE
SURGE WESTWARD KEEPING CONVECTION ACTIVE FROM VAL VERDE ALONG THE RIO
GRANDE NNEWD TO NW TEXAS.  MODELS FORCING THIS MOISTURE AND PRECIP
PRETTY QUICKLY EAST/NE IN THE NEXT 6HRS...BUT SEE NO SIGNS YET OF THIS
BEGINNING TO HAPPEN...SO EVEN THOUGH AREA ON WESTERN FRINGES OF DEEP
MOISTURE...LIFT CONTINUES TO MAKE FOR LACK OF REALLY DEEP MOISTURE
AND WHERE CELLS TRAINING OVER ANY ONE SPOT THERE CAN CONTINUE TO BE
FF POTENTIAL.  VAL VERDE COUNTY STILL A POTENTIAL AREA NEXT HR OR 2 AS
WELL AS AREAS E CROCKETT/W SUTTON NEWD TO YOUNG...SHACKLEFORD...HASKELL.
BUT IF MODELS ARE CORRECT WILL BEGIN TO SEE IN THE NEXT 3HRS A QUICKER
EASTWARD PUSH OF CONVECTION.  IF NOT FF POTENTIAL WILL CONTINUE THIS
AREA A LITTLE LONGER THAN 8Z.    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 3380 9854 3114 9934 2926 10145 2977 10152 3138 10148
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