ZCZC NFDSPENES ALL SPENES NVZ000-CAZ000- . SATELLITE PRECIPITATION ESTIMATES..DATE/TIME 07/13/08 0445Z SATELLITE ANALYSIS BRANCH/NESDIS---NPPU---TEL.301-763-8678 LATEST DATA USED: GOES-11 0430Z KUSSELSON . LOCATION...S NEVADA...CALIFORNIA... . ATTN WFOS...VEF...SGX...HNX...LOX... ATTN RFCS...CBRFC...CNRFC... . EVENT...NEW COOLING TOP S INYO AND SPREADING INTO N SAN BERNARDINO... WARMING CLOUD TOPS FOR E LA COUNTY CONVECTION SETTLING TO THE COAST... . SATELLITE ANALYSIS AND TRENDS...GENERALLY MOST AREAS HAVE CLOUD TOPS WARMING OR STRINKING AND KEEPING THE CORE OF THEIR COLDEST TOPS IN A SMALL AREAL STATE. EXCEPT FOR ONE THAT HAS COOLED RAPIDLY TO NEAR -50C IN SW INYO COUNTY AND SPREADING INTO NW SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY. CONVECTIVE TOPS DROPPING SE THRU E LA COUNTY INTO W ORANGE COUNTY WERE CONTINUING TO WARM RAPIDLY...SO ONLY THING KEEPING RAIN FROM TOTALLY EVAPORATING WAS MAX PW VALUE OF CLOSE TO 1.7" ON LATEST GOES SOUNDER IMAGERY OVER S LA COUNTY. WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR... . 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 3732 11473 3565 11570 3414 11805 3573 11836 . NNNN