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SATELLITE PRECIPITATION ESTIMATES..DATE/TIME 07/01/08 0655Z
SATELLITE ANALYSIS BRANCH/NESDIS---NPPU---TEL.301-763-8678
LATEST DATA USED: GOES-12 0645Z KUSSELSON
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LOCATION...SW TEXAS...
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ATTN WFOS...EWX...
ATTN RFCS...WGRFC...
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EVENT...MOISTURE TRANSPORT STILL VERY GOOD UP THE RIO GRANDE VALLEY FOR
SMALL AREA EFFICIENT RAIN CELLS IN VAL VERDE COUNTY...
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SATELLITE ANALYSIS AND TRENDS...COOLING CLOUD TOPS HAVE MIGRATED FROM
TERRELL COUNTY EARLIER THIS EVENING TO AREA CENTERED ON S HALF OF
VAL VERDE COUNTY NOW.  PW MOISTURE PLUME NARROW UP THE RIO GRANDE
VALLEY FROM BROWNSVILLE TO JUST EAST OF THE BIG BEND AND WITH LOW
LEVEL FLOW NEARLY PARALLEL THIS BEST MOISTURE...ANY COOLING TOPS CAN BE
VERY EFFICIENT AT RAIN PRODUCTION.   THIS HAPPENING NOW WITH CLOUD TOP
COOLING CENTERED S HALF OF VAL VERDE COUNTY.  COOLING JUST IN THE 0545
TO 0615Z TIME PERIOD WAS 7 DEGREES C TO -55C AND WITH PW AS PER GPS AND
GOES SOUNDER NEAR 2.0" AS CLOSE AS LAREDO...THIS LATEST COOLING COULD
ALLOW RAIN RATES TO REACH NEAR 1.5" TO 2.0" IN AN HR OR TWO PERIOD IN
SOME ISOLATED SPOTS.    WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR..
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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 2995 10161 2971 10034 2917 10041 2941 10142
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