ZCZC NFDSPENES ALL SPENES KSZ000-NEZ000- . SATELLITE PRECIPITATION ESTIMATES..DATE/TIME 07/05/08 1215Z SATELLITE ANALYSIS BRANCH/NESDIS---NPPU---TEL.301-763-8678 LATEST DATA USED: G12 1145Z CK . LOCATION...E NEBRASKA TO E CENTRAL KANSAS . ATTN WFOS...OAX...TOP...GID... ATTN RFCS...MBRFC... . EVENT...BAND OF INCRG CNVTN . SATELLITE ANALYSIS AND TRENDS...BAND OF CNVTN OVER THE DISCUSSION AREA HAS BEEN INCRG IN INTENSITY PER COOLING CLOUD TOPS..ESP OVER NEB. GOES WV IMAGERY ANIMATION AND GOES STLT WIND ANALYSIS SHOWS THAT THIS AREA COINCIDES WITH UPPR JET STREAK..WHILE PROFILER DATA SHOWS SWRLY LL JET ACRS THE AREA..WITH THE HIGHEST SPEEDS OVER NEB. LATEST IMAGERY AT 1145Z SUGGEST THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL NW OF BIE..WHERE CELL MERGERS HAVE OCCURRED AND CLOUD TOPS ARE THE COLDEST..-67C OVER YORK COUNTY. MERGING HAS ALSO OCCURRED OVER SALINE COUNTY. STLT ESTIMATES INDICATE 1-2" HAS FALLEN BTWN 1015Z-1145Z OVER THIS AREA. FURTHER N..OVER NEB..MERGERS HAVE OCCURRED SE OF OFK..INVOF CUMING/DODGE/COLFAX COUNTIES. . OVER NEXT 1-2 HRS..ADDITIONAL HVY RAIN CAN BE EXPECTED OVER E TO SRN NEB..AS ADDITIONAL MERGERS OCCUR. OVER KS..THE CELLS ARE NOT AS INTENSE AND HAVE BEEN SHOWING MORE MOVEMENT..NEVERTHELESS IR IMAGERY SUGGESTS SOME MOD/HVY RAIN IN GENERAL VCNTY OF FRI. SRN EDGE OF TSTMS OVER SRN NEB MAY EVENTUALLY PUSH DOWN ACRS N KS COUNTIES. . 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 4205 9636 4101 9612 3905 9617 3882 9687 4084 9755 4196 9711 . NNNN