ZCZC NFDSPENES ALL SPENES MOZ000-KSZ000-NEZ000- . SATELLITE PRECIPITATION ESTIMATES..DATE/TIME 06/24/08 0606Z SATELLITE ANALYSIS BRANCH/NESDIS---NPPU---TEL.301-763-8678 LATEST DATA USED: GOES-12: 0545Z DS . LOCATION...NW MISSOURI...N CENTRAL/NE KANSAS...S CENTRAL/SE NEBRASKA... . ATTN WFOS...EAX...OAX...TOP...GID...LBF...GLD... ATTN RFCS...MBRFC... . EVENT...CELLS BEGINNING TO FORM OVER LOW FFG IN SE NEB/NE KS . SATELLITE ANALYSIS AND TRENDS...RECENT IR/RADAR IMAGERY HAS SHOWN NEW CELL DVLPMT OCCURRING FROM NW-SE IN AN AREA OF WAA FROM S CENTRAL AND SE NEB INTO NE KS JUST TO THE NE OF A FRNTL BNDRY. PROFILERS/VWPS INDICATE THE LLJ HAS STRENGTHENED TO 30-35 KTS AND IS BECOMING MORE SWRLY WITH TIME ACROSS W OK/S KS. HVY RAINS ALREADY OCCURRING WITH THE COLD TOP CLUSTER OVER SW NEB ARE BEGINNING TO TRANSLATE TO THE E/ENE ACROSS S CENTRAL NEB. EXPECT A FEW MERGERS TO OCCUR OVER S CENTRAL NEB DURING NEXT 1-2 HRS AS THIS CLUSTER ENCOUNTERS THE NW END OF THE DVLPG LINE OF CELLS TO THE E BUT IT SHOULD ALSO HELP TO PROPAGATE THE ENTIRE SYSTEM SLOWLY EWD. WITH THIS MOVEMENT..THERE IS A VERY GOOD CHC OF HVY RAIN DVLPMT FROM SE NEB INTO EXTREME NE KS AND A PART OF NW MO DURING THE NEXT FEW HRS. . FAIRLY RICH MOISTURE EXISTS WITH DWPTS IN THE HIGH 60S OVER CENTRAL/E KS AND PW VALUES ESTIMATED TO BE 1.2-1.4" IN THE SAME AREAS PER GOES SOUNDER/GPS VALUES BEING FED NEWD BY LLJ. GOES SOUNDER DOES INDICATE DRIER AND MORE STABLE AIR PRESENT FROM NW TO SE ACROSS IA INTO NW MO THAT SHOULD FORCE DVLPMT OF CELLS OVER NE/KS/MO TO BE IN A NW-SE PATTERN FOR THE MOST PART. 0545Z IR IMAGE SHOWED STRONGEST NEW DVLPT OVER PARTS OF JEFFERSON COUNTY/NEB INTO WASHINGTON/MARSHALL COUNTY/KS WITH CLOUD TOPS TO -67C. RECENT OBJECTIVE ANALYSIS SHOWED BEST MOISTURE CNVG JUST ON THE NOSE OF THE LLJ OVER N CENTRAL KS AND AS THE CLUSTER OVER S NEB MOVES EWD THERE MAY BE SOME SWWD BACKBUILDING INTO THE 850 FLOW SEEN. SLOW MOVEMENT OF NEWLY DVLPG CELLS AND INCREASING MOISTURE TRANSPORT MAY ALLOW FOR RAINRATES OF 1-1.5" AS THE SITUATION DVLPS DURING THE NEXT FEW HRS. SEE WEB ADDRESS FOR GRAPHIC IN ABOUT 10 MIN. . 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 4127 9980 3989 9405 3868 9419 4006 10056 . NNNN