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SATELLITE PRECIPITATION ESTIMATES..DATE/TIME 07/02/08 1519Z
SATELLITE ANALYSIS BRANCH/NESDIS---NPPU---TEL.301-763-8678
LATEST DATA USED: GOES-12: 1445Z		DS
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LOCATION...CENTRAL/E CENTRAL WISCONSIN...
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ATTN WFOS...GRB...MKX...ARX...
ATTN RFCS...NCRFC...
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EVENT...MERGING CELLS
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SATELLITE ANALYSIS AND TRENDS...FAST APPROACHING CLUSTER OF CELLS ACROSS
SW WI IS STARTING TO MERGE WITH CELLS THAT HAVE BEEN SEEN BACKBUILDING
OVER E CENTRAL WI. GOOD NEWS IS THAT THE JOLT FROM THE FAST MOVING
CLUSTER..WHICH IS BEING PUSHED ALONG WITH AN EXPANSIVE OUTFLOW BNDRY
FROM OVERNIGHT MCS IN E NEB..SHOULD PROVIDE THE NEEDED PUSH TO CAUSE
THE BACKBUILDING CELLS TO MOVE EWD ACROSS LK MI. MOISTURE IS FAIRLY RICH
THOUGH..AT 1.4-1.6" OVER SRN WI PER GOES SOUNDER AND THE CELLS ARE ALIGNED
RIGHT NO THE NOSE OF THE THETA-E AXIS. AUTOMATED STLT ESTIMATES HAVE
SHOWN AMOUNTS UP TO 1.5"/3HRS ENDING 1445Z OVER NW OUTAGAMIE COUNTY AND
SLIGHTLY LESSER AMOUNTS OVER PARTS OF WAUPACA/SE SHAWANO/BROWN COUNTIES
DURING THE BACKBUILDING. COLDER TOPS OF APPROACHING CLUSTER APPEAR TO BE
PULLING THE HEAVIEST RAINS SEWD TWDS KSBM/KFLD AS THE TWO AREAS OF CELLS
MERGE. FFG APPEARS TO BE HIGH ENOUGH OVER MOST OF THE AFFECTED AREA TO
WITHSTAND THESE TSTORMS THOUGH AT 3.3-3.9"/3HRS AND EXPECT FEW IF ANY FF
PROBLEMS AS LONG AS CELLS CONTINUE TO MOVE EWD ACROSS LK MI SINCE HVY RAIN
IS SHIFTING S OF WHERE IT WAS PREVIOUSLY. ESTIMATE RAIN RATES POSSIBLE
UP TO 1.2"/HR AS CELLS MERGE TOGETHER GIVEN FASTER MOVEMENT ACROSS E WI.
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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 4476 8718 4373 8711 4323 8924 4398 8974
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