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SATELLITE PRECIPITATION ESTIMATES..DATE/TIME 07/16/08 0355Z
SATELLITE ANALYSIS BRANCH/NESDIS---NPPU---TEL.301-763-8678
LATEST DATA USED: GOES-11 0345Z KUSSELSON
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LOCATION...N AND W NEW MEXICO...
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ATTN WFOS...ABQ...
ATTN RFCS...ABRFC...WGRFC...
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EVENT...MERGER POSSIBLE TO KEEP NORTHERN AND WESTERN NM CELLS GOING A
LITTLE LONGER...
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SATELLITE ANALYSIS AND TRENDS...TWO AREAS OF COOL TOPS (COLDER THAN -65C)
STILL WILL KEEP HVY RAIN CHANCES GOING A LITTLE LONGER THIS EVENING.
BOTH COULD BE KEPT GOING BY POSSIBLE MERGERS OF SEPARATE COOL TOPS NEXT
HR OR SO.  HIGHER MOISTURE WITH N NM ACTIVITY COULD ALLOW MERGER NEAR
THE E SANTA FE TO NW SAN MIGUEL COUNTY AREA AND RESULT IN RAIN RATES OF
1.0-1.5" IN AN HR IN ISOLATED SPOTS.  IN FAR
W CENTRAL NM...DEEP MOISTURE LOWER AND ANY MERGING CELLS WOULD PRODUCE
WEAKER/LOWER RAIN RATES THAN ACROSS THE NORTH AND HAVE A SLIGHT FF
POTENTIAL.  WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR...AS BOTH AREAS HAVE WEAK STEERING
CURRENTS AND FORCING AND ABOVE SLIGHTLY ABOVE NORMAL PW MOISTURE FOR
THIS TIME OF YEAR.
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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 3629 10537 3602 10504 3553 10596 3598 10632 3613 10572
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