ZCZC NFDSPENES ALL SPENES FLZ000-ALZ000-MSZ000-LAZ000- . SATELLITE PRECIPITATION ESTIMATES..DATE/TIME 05/15/08 1545Z SATELLITE ANALYSIS BRANCH/NESDIS---NPPU---TEL.301-763-8678 LATEST DATA USED: GOES-12 1515Z CW . LOCATION...W FLORIDA...S ALABAMA...SE MISSISSIPPI...SE LOUISIANA... . ATTN WFOS...TAE...MOB...LIX... ATTN RFCS...SERFC...LMRFC... . EVENT...POTENTIAL FOR CELL TRAINING ALONG DEVELOPING LINEAR CONVECTIVE LINE . SATELLITE ANALYSIS AND TRENDS...RECENT VIS IMAGERY INDICATES CONVECTIVE CELLS HAVE INTENSIFIED ACROSS EXTREME S AL/EXTREME SE LA AND FURTHER SW IN TO THE GULF OF MEX. THESE CELLS ARE BEGINNING TO ALIGN IN A LINEAR ORIENTATION FROM SW TO NW. THE LINE AS A WHOLE IS MOVING ENEWD..HOWEVER INDIVIDUAL CELL EMBEDDED WITHIN THE LINE SEEM TO BE MOVING NNEWD. THE DIRECTION OF THESE CELLS IS CONSISTENT TO MID-LVL 700-500MB SW FLOW. THE SOUTHERLY LLVL JET POSITIONED S-N ACROSS PANHANDLE OF FL NWD INTO AL REMAINS MOD/STRONG WITH 25-30 KTS WINDS PER LATEST PROFILER DATA CONTINUES TO FEED LLVL MOISTURE AHEAD OF THE SYSTEM AS GOES STLT AND GPS NETWORK PWS VALUES REMAIN AROUND 1.5-1.7". . IF THIS LINE OF CONVECTION CONTINUES TO MOVE ENEWD AND INDIVIDUAL CELLS MOVE NNEWD TRAINING OF CELLS WILL BE VERY LIKELY OVER S AND CENT MS/FL PANHANDLE IN THE NEXT 1-3 HRS..WHERE HVY RAINS ARE ALREADY OCCURRING. HVY RAINS SHOULD BE EXPECTED ASSOCIATED WITH THESE CELLS AND CELL TRAINING WILL ONLY PROLONG THIS. . PLEASE SEE WEB ADDRESS BELOW FOR STLT GRAPHIC IN ABOUT 10 MINS. . 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 3143 8777 3133 8574 2743 8931 2823 9174 . NNNN