ZCZC NFDSPENES ALL SPENES ILZ000-MOZ000- . SATELLITE PRECIPITATION ESTIMATES..DATE/TIME 05/26/08 0119Z SATELLITE ANALYSIS BRANCH/NESDIS---NPPU---TEL.301-763-8678 LATEST DATA USED: G12 0100Z CK . LOCATION...W ILLINOIS...E MISSOURI... . ATTN WFOS...LSX... ATTN RFCS...NCRFC...MBRFC... . EVENT...TSTM CLUSTERS INCRG MAINLY NW/W OF STL . SATELLITE ANALYSIS AND TRENDS...TSTM CLUSTERS HAVE BEEN INCRG OVER THE DISCUSSION AREA EXTENDING FM NW AND W OF STL THRU W IL TO THE N OF STL. THIS INCR IS..IN PART..IN RESPONSE TO SHORT WAVE MOVG EWD ACRS MO..PER GOES WV IMAGERY ANIMATION. OVER MO..CLUSTER NR COU IS MOVG NE. CLUSTERS W OF STL SHOW SLOW DRIFT AT BEST..WHILE CLUSTER NE OF COU..INVOF PIKE/ LINCOLN/AUDRAIN COUNTIES SHOW SLOW DRIFT TWD THE ESE. . G12 IR AND VIS ANIMATION TREND SUGGESTS THAT ABOVE CLUSTERS AND/OR OUTFLOWS WILL LIKELY MERGE OVER E MO ACRS AREA BTWN THE COUNTIES OF JEFFERSON/PIKE/CALLAWAY OVER THE NEXT 1-2 HRS. DUE TO HIGH PW'S AND DEW POINTS..AND MERGERS..RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF OF 1-2" IS LIKELY IN LESS THAN AN HOUR. SOME LOCATIONS CAN PICK UP ADDITIONAL TOTALS OF 2-3" OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF HRS. . 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 3948 8997 3833 9059 3849 9114 3937 9183 . NNNN