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SATELLITE PRECIPITATION ESTIMATES..DATE/TIME 07/12/08 0200Z
SATELLITE ANALYSIS BRANCH/NESDIS---NPPU---TEL.301-763-8678
LATEST DATA USED: GOES-11  0153Z KUSSELSON
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LOCATION...SW NEW MEXICO...S ARIZONA...
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ATTN WFOS...EPZ...TWC...PSR...
ATTN RFCS...WGRFC...CBRFC...
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EVENT...CONVECTION S MARICOPA THRU SANTA CRUZ AND GRAHAM COUNTY
AZ....ACTIVITY ON A DOWNWARD TREND IN SW NEW MEXICO...
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SATELLITE ANALYSIS AND TRENDS...CONVECTION EXPANDING INTO
S CENTRAL PIMA FROM NW MEXICO AND SMALL CLUSTER OF CELLS SEEN IN
S MARICOPA...EXPECT LOCAL HVY RAINS OF 1-2 INCHES IN AN HR FROM THE
S CENTRAL PIMA ACTIVITY AND CLOSE BY NNW TO SSE CONVECTIVE BAND FROM
SE PIMA THRU W SANTA CRUZ.  ALL THIS SW AND S OF KTUS AND WILL KEEP LOCAL
HVY RAIN BURSTS GOING THERE NEXT HR OR SO.  AS CONVECTIVE ACTIVITY HAS
DECREASED IN N COCHISE COUNTY...ADDITIONAL CELL HAS DEVELOPED AND MIGRATED
NORTH THRU S CENTRAL  GRAHAM...NOT QUITE AS GOOD A LOOKING CELLS AS THE S
MARICOPA CELL...BUT STILL COULD BE GIVING INCH PER HR RAINS.  OTHER AREA
FOR MODERATE RAINS IN AZ ACROSS E CENTRAL IN S HALF OF APACHE COUNTY IN
HIGH MOISTURE ZONE AND COULD BE LOCAL HVY RAINS NEXT HR OR SO THERE.
IN SW NEW MEXICO FROM HIDALGO THRU LUNA COUNTY...CLOUD TOPS WARMING
AND HVY RAINFALL SHOULD BE SLOWLY DECREASING...ESPECIALLY AS THE SOLAR
RADIATION IS DECREASING RAPIDLY.    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 3310 10846 3154 10686 3090 10957 3168 11238 3262 11266
3213 11110
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