ZCZC NFDSPENES ALL SPENES TNZ000-KYZ000-INZ000-ALZ000-ILZ000-MSZ000-MOZ000-ARZ000- . SATELLITE PRECIPITATION ESTIMATES..DATE/TIME 05/02/08 2217Z SATELLITE ANALYSIS BRANCH/NESDIS---NPPU---TEL.301-763-8678 LATEST DATA USED: GOES-12 2215Z KUSSELSON . LOCATION...W AND C TENNESSEE...W AND C KENTUCKY...W ALABAMA... LOCATION...N MISSISSIPPI... . ATTN WFOS...LMK...OHX...IND...BMX...HUN...PAH...MEG...JAN... ATTN RFCS...SERFC...OHRFC...LMRFC... . EVENT...CONVECTION AND HVY RAIN...SLOW DOWN OF FRONT... . SATELLITE ANALYSIS AND TRENDS...UPPER LOW QUICKLY REFORMING OVER CENTRAL IOWA ON WATER VAPOR LOOP. VORT TROUGH ROTATING SE THRU KS. BEST DRY PUNCH INTO ILLINOIS AND SW WI. SLOWER PUSH OF DRY AIR SOUTH OF MO. EXPECT FRONT TO CONTINUE SLOWING DOWN AND PRECIP AREA TO GENERALLY NARROW KY SOUTHWARD TO MS. STILL GOOD MOISTURE TRANSPORT WITH WINDS PARALLEL THE BEST PW MOISTURE FROM LA TO KY...BUT WITH A NARROWING OF PLUME MOISTURE TRANSPORT COULD FOCUS MORE OF THE HVY PRECIP IN A MORE NARROW/SMALLER AREA FROM KY SOUTHWARD...SO WILL KEEP AN EYE ON C KY...INTERIOR WEST THRU C TN AND N MS FOR MORE FOCUS HVY RAIN PRODUCTION AND ANY TRAINING CELLS THAT COULD RESULT IN HEIGHTEN FF THREAT. AM EXPECTING CONVECTION E LA THRU S MS TO FALL APART ONCE THE SUN GOES DOWN AND IT ENCOUNTERS DRIER INITIAL CONDITIONS IN C AND E ALABAMA. WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR...SEE GRAPHICAL ANALYSIS PRODUCT ON OUR WEB SITE AT THE ADDRESS BELOW... . 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 3901 8659 3825 8552 3416 8796 3384 8991 3416 9058 3610 8981 . NNNN