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SATELLITE PRECIPITATION ESTIMATES..DATE/TIME 07/11/08 0147Z
SATELLITE ANALYSIS BRANCH/NESDIS---NPPU---TEL.301-763-8678
LATEST DATA USED: GOES-11: 0130Z		DS
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LOCATION...W ARIZONA...SE CALIFORNIA...
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ATTN WFOS...FGZ...PSR...VEF...
ATTN RFCS...CBRFC...CNRFC...
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EVENT...STORMS APPEARING TO STALL OVER LA PAZ/NW MARICOPA COUNTIES
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SATELLITE ANALYSIS AND TRENDS...IR IMAGERY SHOWS TWO VERY INTENSE COLD
TOPS OF -73C OVER LA PAZ AND NW MARICOPA COUNTY THAT APPEAR TO HAVE
STALLED MOMENTARILY AS THE BOWING PART OF THE LINE ROTATES. VIS IMAGERY
SHOWS THE OUTFLW BNDRY CONTINUING TO RAPIDLY PUSH OUT THE SW AND SEVERAL
OVERSHOOTING TOPS ARE PRESENT FROM THE GILA/YAVAPAI BORDER SWWD TO THE
INTENSE TOPS OVER S CENTRAL LA PAZ. AUTOMATED STLT ESTIMATES SHOW RAIN
RATES TO 1.6"/HR OVER SRN LA PAZ AND UP TO 1.3" ALONG THE LINE EXTENDING
TO THE NE THOUGH WITH THE RELATIVELY STNRY MOVEMENT DURING PAST 30 MIN
AND THE OVERSHOOTING TOPS..THESE RATES COULD BE UP TO A .5" TOO LOW. GOES
SOUNDER INDICATED 1.7-1.8" PW VALUES OVER SW AZ/EXTREME SE CA AND WITH
THIS RICH MOISTURE VERY HVY RAINS ARE POSSIBLE. SOME OF THE CELLS AS
WELL AS ADDTL ONES FARTHER N RIDING ON OUTFLOW BNDRYS EXTEND INTO ERN
SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY AND WILL ALSO BEGIN AFFECTING RIVERSIDE AND YUMA
COUNTIES WITHIN THE NEXT 15-30 MIN. 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 3438 11539 3436 11223 3367 11081 3322 11444
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