ZCZC NFDSPENES ALL SPENES ILZ000-MOZ000-ARZ000-OKZ000-KSZ000- . SATELLITE PRECIPITATION ESTIMATES..DATE/TIME 03/18/08 0648Z SATELLITE ANALYSIS BRANCH/NESDIS---NPPU---TEL.301-763-8678 LATEST DATA USED: GOES-11 0630Z KUSSELSON . LOCATION...S ILLINOIS...S MISSOURI...N ARKANSAS...OKLAHOMA... LOCATION...EXT SE KANSAS... . ATTN WFOS...PAH...ILX...MEG...LSX...LZK...SGF...TSA...OUN... ATTN RFCS...OHRFC...LMRFC...NCRFC...MBRFC...ABRFC... . EVENT...CONVECTIVE BOUNDARY CONTINUES NORTH ACROSS E OK AND AR... HIGHLIGHTING FF AREA C TO NE OK THRU S MO/FAR N AR INTO S IL NEXT FEW HRS... . SATELLITE ANALYSIS AND TRENDS...TWO DISTINCT MOISTURE PLUMES FROM WESTERN GULF OF MEXICO. ONE ALIGNED ALONG 91/92W PROVIDING GOOD MOISTURE TRANSPORT INTO N CENTRAL AR/S CENTRAL TO SE MO INTO IL. SECOND MOISTURE PLUME ALONG THE FAR WESTERN GULF/E TX AREA PROVIDING GOOD MOISTURE TRANSPORT INTO STORMS ACROSS C OK INTO NE OK AND MERGING WITH OTHER PLUME'S MOISTURE TRANSPORT ACROSS S MO. SLIGHT DRY AREA ADVECTION NOTED IN PW LOOP ACROSS N MO AND LIFT NORTHWARD OF CONVECTIVE BOUNDARY FAR N AR/EXT S MO...HELPING TO PUT SQUEEZE ON BOUNDARY CENTERED FAR N AR AND S MO. THIS NARROWING OF DEEP MOISTURE HELPING TO CONTINUE TO CONCENTRATE HIGHEST MOISTURE OUTPUT ACROSS S MO AND WITH BOUNDARY NOW ORIENTED SW TO NE AND IN UPPER FLOW CAN HAVE EVEN A BETTER OPPORTUNITY FOR LOCALIZED TRAINING CELLS TO CONTINUING HVY RAIN BURSTS OF 1-2 INCHES PER 2-4HRS. THIS WILL BE THE CASE FROM NE OK...NW TO FAR N CENTRAL OK ABD ACROSS EXT SE KS COUNTY OF CHEROKEE THRU SW AND REST OF S MO COUNTIES CENTERED FROM JASPER TO JEFFERSON COUNTY. FLOW WILL SPREAD TRAINING CELLS ACROSS S ILLINOIS COUNTIES CENTERED ST CLAIR TO CRAWFORD COUNTY...SO MAY BE A SLIGHT UPTICK IN FF POTENTIAL THOSE ILLINOIS COUNTIES NEXT FEW HRS. IMPULSE BEING EJECTED ACROSS C OK WILL BE MERGING WITH COOL TOP CONVECTIVE COMPLEX LIFTING NORTH NE OK/N AR INTO S MO AND WILL ONLY CONTINUE HVY RAIN AND FF S MO REST OF TONIGHT. WILL ALSO BE KEEPING AN EYE ON ANY EJECTING OF CONVECTIVE COMPLEXES BACK IN C TO INTERIOR W TX FOR ADDITIONAL CONTRIBUTIONS TO HVY RAIN/FF SITUATION FOR S MO DURING THE DAY TUES. WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR... . SEE NCEP HPC DISCUSSION AND QPF/S FOR FORECAST. ....NESDIS IS A MEMBER OF 12 PLANET.... . SSD/SAB WEB ADDRESS FOR PRECIP ESTIMATES: HTTP://WWW.SSD.NOAA.GOV/PS/PCPN/ ...ALL LOWER CASE EXCEPT /PS/PCPN/ . LAT...LON 3942 8775 3730 8933 3608 9016 3546 9327 3466 9713 3585 9711 3695 9490 3827 9107 . NNNN