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SATELLITE PRECIPITATION ESTIMATES..DATE/TIME 06/29/08 1010Z
SATELLITE ANALYSIS BRANCH/NESDIS---NPPU---TEL.301-763-8678
LATEST DATA USED: GOES-EAST:1002Z  JS
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LOCATION...SOUTHWESTERN TEXAS
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ATTN WFOS...EWX...SJT...MAF...
ATTN RFCS...WGRFC...
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EVENT...VERY SLOW MOVING CONVECTION PERSISTING AROUND MID/UPPER
CIRCULATION.
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SATELLITE ANALYSIS AND TRENDS...IR IMAGERY THROUGH 10Z NOW SHOWS
SEVERAL BATCHES OF ENHANCED CLOUD TOPS PRESENT ACROSS SW TX IN THE
VICINITY OF WELL DEFINED MID/UPPER CIRCULATION. THE INITIAL BATCH OF
GREATEST ENHANCEMENT WHICH AFFECTED SUTTON/CROCKETT COUNTIES WITH VERY
HEAVY RAINFALL HAS SHOWN SOME RECENT CLOUD TOP WARMING WITH MOST INTENSE
PORTION NEAR CROCKETT/VAL VERDE BORDER. SATELLITE BASED ESTIMATED RATES
TO WELL OVER 2"/HR EARLIER MAY HAVE COME DOWN JUST A LITTLE IN PAST
HALF HOUR BUT WARMER CLOUD TOPS CAN STILL PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAINS DUE
TO RELATIVELY LOWER EQUILIBRIUM LEVELS IN THIS REGION. ALSO MONITORING
NEARBY COOLING TOPS WITH ACTIVITY CENTERED AROUND NORTHERN PECOS AND
EASTERN PECOS/NORTHERN TERRELL COUNTIES. SATELLITE BASED ESTIMATED RATES
IN THESE SPOTS HAVE INCREASED TO OVER 1.5"/HR AND EVEN CLOSER TO 2"/HR
WITH CELLS NEAR PECOS-TERRELL BORDER. TRENDS INDICATE THE STRONGER CELLS
AFFECTING SW TX HAVE MAINLY DRIFTED TO THE SOUTH. THE CLOSE PROXIMITY
OF THESE CLUSTERS TO EACH OTHER ALSO MAY LEAD TO SOME CELL MERGERS AND
INCREASED LOCALIZED RAINFALL RATES FROM PECOS TO N VAL VERDE COUNTIES. AN
ANNOTATED SATELLITE GRAPHIC SHOULD BE AVAILABLE ON THE INTERNET AT THE
ADDRESS LISTED BELOW IN APPROXIMATELY 10 MINUTES.
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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 3214 10276 3197 10006 2987 10041 3047 10375
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