ZCZC NFDSPENES ALL SPENES FLZ000- . SATELLITE PRECIPITATION ESTIMATES..DATE/TIME 04/07/08 0245Z SATELLITE ANALYSIS BRANCH/NESDIS---NPPU---TEL.301-763-8678 LATEST DATA USED: GOES-12 THRU 0215 . LOCATION...FLORIDA... . ATTN WFOS...MFL...MLB...KEY...TBW... ATTN RFCS...SERFC... . EVENT... HEAVY RAINS ACROSS SOUTHERN FL . SATELLITE ANALYSIS AND TRENDS... SATELLITE ANIMATION SHOWS THAT CONVECTION HAS SUNK SOUTHWARD OVER THE PAST FEW HOURS. ANIMATION SUGGEST CELL MERGER NEAR HENDRY COUNTY AS WESTERN LINE MOVES EAST. ESTIMATED RAINFALL RATES ARE AROUND 1"/HR. EXPECT WESTERN LINE TO MOVE ONSHORE OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS. IMAGES SHOW THAT TOPS ARE COOLING THUS INCREASING RR 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 2746 8309 2684 7910 2404 7971 . NNNN