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SATELLITE PRECIPITATION ESTIMATES..DATE/TIME 07/03/08 0425Z
SATELLITE ANALYSIS BRANCH/NESDIS---NPPU---TEL.301-763-8678
LATEST DATA USED: GOES-12 0415Z  RUMINSKI
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LOCATION...COLORADO...
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ATTN WFOS...GLD...PUB...BOU...
ATTN RFCS...MBRFC...ABRFC...
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EVENT...LINE OF CONVECTION DROPPING SOUTH INTO SOUTHEAST COLORADO
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SATELLITE ANALYSIS AND TRENDS...LN OF GRDLY EXPANSIVE CD TOPPED CNVTN
HAS BEEN DROPPING S OVER ERN CO PAST FEW HRS IN RGN OF GOOD MOISTURE
TRANSPORT/SFC MOISTURE CONVERGENCE AND ALG AXIS OF MAX INSTABILITY
AS PER GOES DERIVED LI/S. SRN PORTION OF LN HAS BEEN SLOWEST MVG OVER
LINCOLN..WRN KIOWA AND CROWLEY COUNTIES. SOMEWHAT LARGER AREA OF CD CLD
TOPS HAVE BEEN PROPAGATING THRU KIT CARSON AND YUMA.
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AUTOMATED STLT ESTS ARE TOO LIGHT WITH MAX AMNTS..WHICH ARE SHOWING LESS
THAN 1" TOTS. FEEL THAT MAX AMNTS ARE CLOSER TO 2"...ESP OVER LINCOLN
AND CROWLEY WHERE CNVTN HAS BEEN SLOWER MVG AND THERE HAVE BEEN SOME
MERGING CELLS.
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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 3984 10231 3713 10219 3703 10487 3977 10472
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