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SATELLITE PRECIPITATION ESTIMATES..DATE/TIME 05/05/08 1347Z
SATELLITE ANALYSIS BRANCH/NESDIS---NPPU---TEL.301-763-8678
LATEST DATA USED: GOES-12: 1332Z			DS
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LOCATION...TEXAS...
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ATTN WFOS...LCH...SHV...HGX...FWD...EWX...SJT...
ATTN RFCS...WGRFC...
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EVENT...E-W ORIENTED CELLS OVER SE TX...MORE STORMS DVLPING TO NW
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SATELLITE ANALYSIS AND TRENDS...FIRST VIS IMAGES OF THE DAY SHOW A GOOD
BIT OF DVLPMT OF NEW CELLS OCCURRING ACROSS CENTRAL/N CENTRAL TX WHILE A
ROUGHLY E-W ORIENTED LINE OF STORMS ALREADY EXISTS OVER SE TX. HORIZONTAL
LINE OF CELLS RUNS FROM N LEE/BURLESON COUNTIES TO NEAR KBPT. WV IMAGERY
SHOWS A SE-NW ORIENTED S/WV THAT IS LIFTING ACROSS MX ENTERING W TX/NM
AT THIS TIME PROVIDING LIFT AHEAD OF IT FOR MUCH OF THE STATE. 12Z
PW ANALYSIS SHOWS 2" MOISTURE OVER SRN TX ASSCD WITH THE BALL OF CNVTN
SLOWLY MOVING EWD FROM KLRD AND 1.6" PW VALUES EXTENDING FROM DRT TO JUST
S OF FWD MAKING FOR A VERY MOIST ENVIRONMENT OVER MUCH OF THE ERN HALF OF
TX. ADDITIONALLY..UPPER LOW OFF THE CA COAST HAS DROPPED INTO A POSITION
WHERE IT WILL BE ENHANCING THE MOISTURE FLOW ACROSS MX FROM THE E PAC INTO
SW/CENTRAL TX. GOES SOUNDER ALREADY INDICATES SOME MOISTENING OF THE AIR
MASS OVER MX BETWEEN THE 2" PW GOM MOISTURE AND THE 1.4"-1.5" PW E PAC
MOISTURE SOURCE..WHICH SHOULD CONTINUE TO INCREASE THROUGH THE DAY TDY.
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THOUGH THERE DOES NOT SEEM TO BE MUCH OF A FOCUS THUS FAR FOR CELL DVLPMT
IN CENTRAL/N CENTRAL/E TX..HAVE NOTICED THAT THE W-E ORIENTED STORMS
ARE ON THE NRN EDGE OF GOES DERIVED UPPER LVL DVG WHICH HAS RESULTED
FROM THE OUTFLOW OF CNVTN OVER S TX. AS THAT CNVTN WEAKENS/MOVES E..MAY
SEE MORE MOVEMENT OF CELLS. HOWEVER..ERLY SFC WINDS..THOUGH WEAK APPEAR
TO BE HOLDING INDIVIDUAL CELLS BACK TO W CAUSING SLOW MOVEMENT..NOT
ONLY WITHIN THE LINE BUT ALSO IN NE AND N CENTRAL TX. AUTOMATED STLT
ESTIMATES INDICATE UP TO 1.8" IN THE PAST 3 HRS ENDING 1315Z OVER PARTS
OF GRIMES/WALKER/MONTGOMERY COUNTIES THOUGH IT MAY BE UNDERDONE BY
ABOUT 0.5" DUE TO CELL TRAINING BENEATH THE CLOUD SHIELD. VERY SMALL
SWD MOVEMENT OF LINE CAN ALSO BE SEEN IN IR IMAGERY WITH CELLS EDGING
SLIGHTLY CLOSER TO THE HOUSTON AREA. SEE WEB ADDRESS IN ABOUT 10 MIN
FOR GRAPHIC AND ESTIMATE.
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SEE NCEP HPC DISCUSSION AND QPF/S FOR FORECAST.
....NESDIS IS A MEMBER OF 12 PLANET....
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SSD/SAB WEB ADDRESS FOR PRECIP ESTIMATES:
HTTP://WWW.SSD.NOAA.GOV/PS/PCPN/
...ALL LOWER CASE EXCEPT /PS/PCPN/
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LAT...LON 3252 9877 3219 9425 2995 9405 2979 9636 3183 9987
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