ZCZC NFDSPENES ALL SPENES FLZ000- . SATELLITE PRECIPITATION ESTIMATES..DATE/TIME 04/06/08 2045Z SATELLITE ANALYSIS BRANCH/NESDIS---NPPU---TEL.301-763-8678 LATEST DATA USED: GOES-12 THRU 1945Z RW . LOCATION...FLORIDA... . ATTN WFOS...MLB...TBW... ATTN RFCS...SERFC... . EVENT... STRONG CONVECTION ACROSS CENTRAL FLORIDA . SATELLITE ANALYSIS AND TRENDS... SATELLITE ANIMATION SHOWS STRONG CONVECTION DEVELOPING ACROSS CENTRAL FLORIDA WELL AHEAD OF UPPER TROF. CONVECTION IS FIRING ALONG WHAT APPEARS TO BE A PW MAX AXIS THAT EXTENDS FROM THE GULF ACROSS THE AREA. THIS WAS SEEN IN THE GOES PW LOOP AND ALSO DEPICTED WELL ON THE 12Z GFS. CURRENT SATELLITE ESTIMATES HAVE 3 HR TOTALS AROUND 2" OVER POLK COUNTY. CURRENT SATELLITE ANIMATION SUGGEST CONVECTION SHOULD CONTINUE OVER THIS GENERAL AREA FOR NEXT SEVERAL HOURS PRODUCING SIMILAR RAIN FALL RATES. . 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 2831 8252 2829 8104 2761 8106 2770 8238 . NNNN