ZCZC NFDSPENES ALL SPENES KSZ000-NEZ000- . SATELLITE PRECIPITATION ESTIMATES..DATE/TIME 04/17/08 0740Z SATELLITE ANALYSIS BRANCH/NESDIS---NPPU---TEL.301-763-8678 LATEST DATA USED: GOES-12 0730Z KUSSELSON . LOCATION...C KANSAS...S NEBRASKA... . ATTN WFOS...OAX...TOP...ICT...GID...DDC...GLD... ATTN RFCS...MBRFC...ABRFC... . EVENT...DEEPENING MOISTURE TRANSPORT AND DESTABILIZATION FOR INCRD FF THREAT... . SATELLITE ANALYSIS AND TRENDS...AS UPPER TROUGH CONTINUES TO PROGRESS SLOWLY ACROSS COLORADO...CONVECTION HAS BEEN DEVELOPING JUST NORTH OF SURFACE AND ALONG 850/700MB FRONTAL BOUNDARY. AT THE SAME TIME PW MOISTURE PLUME CONTINUES TO ORGANIZE ACROSS N CENTRAL TX INTO C/E KS AND MOISTURE TRANSPORT NEARLY PARALLEL THE BEST MOISTURE INTO KS BEFORE CONVEYOR BELTING INTO CURRENT ACTIVE CONVECTION SW TO CENTRAL KS. AS STORMS MOVE EAST...ESPECIALLY CENTRAL KS ACTIVITY THEY WILL ENCOUNTER HIGHER 1.0"+ PW MOISTURE AND TRAINING ACTIVITY WILL RAISE CONCERNS LATER TONIGHT AND ESPECIALLY FOR DURING THE DAY THURSDAY FOR HEIGHTEN FF THREAT NEAR AREA OF NCEP HPC SLIGHT RISK AREA. WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR...GRAPHICAL ANALYSIS WILL BE ON HOME PAGE AT ADDRESS BELOW. RAINFALL ESTIMATES FROM SATELLITE HYDROESTIMATOR GIVING MAX AMOUNTS OF 1.0"-1.3"/3HRS ENDING 0715Z CENTERED ON ELLIS AND RUSSELL COUNTY. 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 4039 9585 3971 9551 3797 10102 3950 10037 . NNNN