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SATELLITE PRECIPITATION ESTIMATES..DATE/TIME 05/26/08 0302Z
SATELLITE ANALYSIS BRANCH/NESDIS---NPPU---TEL.301-763-8678
LATEST DATA USED: GOES-12 0240Z    CW
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LOCATION...S ILLINOIS...SE MISSOURI...
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ATTN WFOS...PAH...MEG...LSX...
ATTN RFCS...OHRFC...LMRFC...NCRFC...
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EVENT...COOLING AND EXPANDING CLOUD TOP TEMPS WITH CLUSTER OF TSTMS
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SATELLITE ANALYSIS AND TRENDS...LATEST FEW IR IMAGES SHOW RAPID CLOUD
TOP COOLING AND EXPANSION ALONG SE MO/SW IL BORDER BETWEEN FAM AND CGI/MO
AND MDH/IL.  CLOUD TOPS HAVE COOLED TO -63C WITH AN OVERSHOOTING TOP OF
-69C OVER WHITE COUNTY IN SW IL. CELL MERGING IS VERY LIKELY ACROSS EXT
S IL INVOF MDH..HSB AND CGI/MO OVER THE NEXT FEW HRS.  ADDITIONAL STORMS
MOVING NEWD ACROSS NE AR INTO SE MO SEEM APPARENT ENOUGH TO BE ABLE TO
MAKE IT N ENOUGH INTO THIS SAME AREA IN THE COMING HRS.  ADDITIONAL 2-3"
OF RAINFALL SHOULD BE EXPECTED ACROSS THE DISCUSSION AREA IN THE NEXT
1-3 HRS.
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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 3857 8896 3778 8825 3653 9013 3746 9106
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