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SATELLITE PRECIPITATION ESTIMATES..DATE/TIME 07/13/08 0612Z
SATELLITE ANALYSIS BRANCH/NESDIS---NPPU---TEL.301-763-8678
LATEST DATA USED: GOES-11 0600Z KUSSELSON
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LOCATION...ARIZONA...S NEVADA...CALIFORNIA...
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ATTN WFOS...FGZ...VEF...SGX...HNX...LOX...TWC...
ATTN RFCS...CBRFC...CNRFC...
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EVENT...CONVECTIVE CELL NW AZ INTO NEVADA AND GRAHAM COUNTY AZ STRONGEST
CELLS NOW...NEW CELLS HAVE POPPED UP IN NW CLARK NV...
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SATELLITE ANALYSIS AND TRENDS...CLOUD TOPS OVER THE GENERAL CALIFORNIA...S
NV...ARIZONA AREA GENERALLY WARMING AND ALREADY OR SO TO BE RESULTING IN
LOWERING RAIN RATES.  TWO EXCEPTIONS AT THE MOMENT ARE IN AZ AT EITHER
END OF THE STATE.   NW AZ CONVECTIVE TOP SLOWLY COOLING PAST HR AND
HOLDING ITS OWN PAST HF HR AS IT MIGRATES OVER THE NEVADA BORDER INTO
CLARK COUNTY.  -47C CLOUD TOP PROBABLY GETTING CLOSE OR ALREADY ABOVE
EQUILIBRIUM LEVEL TEMP AND PWS CLOSE TO 1.0" AND THAT CAN RESULT IN
A QUICK 0.5" IN 15-30 MINUTES AS MOVES FURTHER INTO NE CLARK COUNTY.
CLOUD TOP COOLING OVER IN SE AZ IN GRAHAM COUNTY HAS REACHED -60C AND
LOCAL HVY RAINS FOR ISOLATED FF POSSIBLE THERE NEXT HR OR SO.  COOLING TOP
ALSO NOTED IN NW CLARK...WITH LESS RAIN BUT POSSIBLY THE SAME RESULT.
WITH TROUGH NEARBY AND AREA IN UPPER LEVEL DEFORMATION OR WEAK TROUGH
BOUNDARY (AS IN THE SE AZ CASE) CELLS CAN STAY ACTIVE AT LEAST FOR THE
NEXT SEVERAL HRS...BUT PROBABLY MOVE ENOUGH TO PREVENT WIDESPREAD FF.
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 3692 11246 3578 11249 3588 11387 3427 11814 3621 11792
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