ZCZC NFDSPENES ALL SPENES WIZ000-ILZ000-MNZ000-IAZ000- . SATELLITE PRECIPITATION ESTIMATES..DATE/TIME 06/07/08 1933Z SATELLITE ANALYSIS BRANCH/NESDIS---NPPU---TEL.301-763-8678 LATEST DATA USED: GOES-12: 1925Z DS . LOCATION...S WISCONSIN...N/NW ILLINOIS...SE MINNESOTA...IOWA...E NEBRASKA . ATTN WFOS...GRB...ILX...MKX...DVN...ARX...MPX...DMX...FSD...OAX... ATTN RFCS...NCRFC...MBRFC... . EVENT...HVY RAINS POSSIBLE FOR E NE/IA/S WI/N IL THOUGH RIDGING IS INHIBITING SOMEWHAT . SATELLITE ANALYSIS AND TRENDS...WV IMAGERY SHOWS A TROF MOVING THROUGH THE WRN US ALLOWING FOR RIDGING TO BUILD ALOFT OVER E NE/W IA. THIS IS OVER TOP OF A SFC LOW AND WARM FRNT THAT EXTENDS ACROSS CENTRAL IA TO SW WI. OBJECTIVE ANALYSIS INDICATES THETA-E AXIS EXTENDS NEWD AHEAD OF THE FRNT TO SE IA/NW IL AND BEST SFC MOISTURE CNVG IS PRESENT FROM NEAR KTQE TO KMSN FEEDING INTO THE SWRN END OF THE CLUSTERED CELLS OVER S CENTRAL WI ALONG THE WARM FRNT. SFC DWPTS SHOW JUST HOW RICH THE MOISTURE IS WITH MID TO HIGH 70S DWPTS OVER MOST OF IA INTO NW IL/S WI. 1.75"-1.8" PW VALUES EXIST ACROSS IA INCREASING TO 2" VALUES IN W IL/N MO SO DEEPEST MOISTURE IS NOT FAR AWAY AND BEING LIFTED NNEWD BY 850MB WINDS PER PROFILERS/VWPS. IT APPEARS AS THOUGH THE 850MB JET IS STILL SOMEWHAT SPLIT COMING INTO THE MIDWEST AS PART OF THE FLOW GOES ACROSS CENTRAL IL TO IN AND PART GOES MORE NWD INTO S CENTRAL AND E IA. . VIS IMAGERY SHOWS A LARGE CU FIELD ALREADY PRESENT WITHIN THE WARM SECTOR AND SOME STORMS THAT HAVE TRIED TO DVLP N OF THE WARM FRNT. THOUGH VERY UNSTABLE..BELIEVE UPPER LVL RIDGING MENTIONED ABOVE HAS HELPED TO INHIBIT GROWTH OF CELLS THUS FAR AND SHOULD KEEP THE HEAVIEST RAINS FROM DVLPG UNTIL TONIGHT. THOUGH WITH RELATIVELY LOW FFG OVER MUCH OF THE DISCUSSION AREA..STILL POSSIBLE WITH ANY STORMS THAT ARE ABLE TO DVLP TO POSSIBLY CAUSE FF CONDITIONS. OVER ERN IA INTO SW WI..STORMS ARE JUST FAR ENOUGH E THAT THEY HAVE NOT BEEN AFFECTED AS MUCH BY UPPER LVL RIDGING AND THUS CELLS HAVE FORMED IN NW IL THAT ARE MOVING NEWD TWDS THE CLUSTER MOVING SLOWLY E IN S WI. CLOUD TOP TEMPS ON THE CLUSTER ARE AT -73C OVER PARTS OF ADAMS/JUNEAU COUNTIES WITH MORE TOWERING CU FEEDING INTO THE END OF THE LINE CAUSING MERGING CELLS OVER IOWA/SAUK/RICHLAND COUNTIES CURRENTLY. MANUEL STLT ESTIMATES FROM 1815-1915Z INDICATE MAX RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2.0-2.4" HAVE OCCURRED FROM THE CLUSTER. . 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 4496 8954 4034 9008 4129 9473 4286 9613 . NNNN