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SATELLITE PRECIPITATION ESTIMATES..DATE/TIME 07/16/08 2025Z
SATELLITE ANALYSIS BRANCH/NESDIS---NPPU---TEL.301-763-8678
LATEST DATA USED: GOES-12 2015Z      CW
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LOCATION...SW TEXAS...
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ATTN WFOS...MAF...EPZ...
ATTN RFCS...WGRFC...
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EVENT...STATIONARY CELLS LIKELY PRODUCING 1.0"/HR RAINFALL RATES
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SATELLITE ANALYSIS AND TRENDS...TWO CONVECTIVE CELLS HAVE DEVELOPED OVER
S JEFF DAVIS/N BREWSTER COUNTIES AND S CULBERSON/N JEFF DAVIS COUNTIES IN
SW TX.  CLOUD TOP TEMPS HAVE COOLED TO -67C FROM 2010Z IR IMAGERY..WHICH
IS BELOW THE -60C EL REPORTED AT 12Z FROM MAF RAOB.  THE SOUTHERN CELL
HAS NOT MOVED IN OVER AN HR AND AUTOMATED STLT ESTIMATES INDICATE 1.0"
HAVE FALLEN AS OF 20Z OVER S JEFF DAVIS/EXT N BREWSTER COUNTIES.
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ALSO..THERE IS A CONCERN OF THE TWO CELLS MERGING OVER JEFF DAVIS
COUNTY LIKELY LEADING TO INCREASED RAIN RATES OF GREATER THAN 1.0"/HR.
WITH LATEST IR STLT IMAGE (2015Z) JUST IN..A -73C OVERSHOOTING TOP IS
OBSERVED ALONG BORDER OF JEFF DAVIS/CULBERSON COUNTIES FROM CELLS MERGING.
ADDITIONAL 1-2" MAY BE POSSIBLE IF CELLS CONTINUE TO REMAIN OVER THESE
SAME AREAS FOR THE NEXT COUPLE HRS.
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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 3191 10427 3047 10262 2942 10398 3137 10536
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