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SATELLITE PRECIPITATION ESTIMATES..DATE/TIME  07/18/08 2126
SATELLITE ANALYSIS BRANCH/NESDIS---NPPU---TEL.301-763-8678
LATEST DATA USED: GOES-11: 2100 GOES-12: 2115		DS
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LOCATION...NW TEXAS PANHANDLE...OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE...
LOCATION...SW KANSAS...SE COLORADO...
LOCATION...NEW MEXICO...
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ATTN WFOS...DDC...AMA...PUB...ABQ...EPZ...
ATTN RFCS...ABRFC...WGRFC...CBRFC...
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EVENT...COLD TOP STNRY CELLS OVER SW KS/OK PANHANDLE INTO NE NM
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SATELLITE ANALYSIS AND TRENDS...UPPER LVL PATTERN PER WV/GOES STLT
WINDS CONTINUES TO SHOW AN UPPER HIGH PREVALENT OVER THE SW WITH A S/WV
CROSSING SE UT/WRN CO THAT APPEARS TO BE PARTLY RESPONSIBLE FOR THE
OUTBREAK OF CELLS OCCURRING ALONG THE MTNS OVER SE CO INTO NRN NM..ALONG
WITH DIURNAL HEATING. GPS VALUES INDICATE PW'S BETWEEN 1-1.4" OVER ERN
NM/SE CO THAT INCREASE GREATLY TO 1.6-1.9" ENTERING THE NRN TX PANHANDLE
TO SW KS. A MERGER APPEARS TO HAVE OCCURRED OVER SWRN KS OVER PARTS OF
STEVENS/MORTON/TEXAS COUNTIES AROUND 2030Z. VIS AND IR IMAGERY CONTINUE
TO INDICATE LITTLE MOVEMENT FROM THIS SMALL CLUSTER OF CELLS THAT HAS
BEEN PRESENT SINCE ABOUT 1930Z..THOUGH SOME WEAKENING HAS OCCURRED AS
OUTFLOWS MOVE OUT TO THE N AND S. AM BECOMING MORE CONCERNED THOUGH FOR
POSSIBILITY OF A MERGER BETWEEN THIS CLUSTER AND THE STRENGTHENING CELLS
MOVING EWD ACROSS SE CO/NE NM. SEVERAL ADDTL MERGERS APPEAR TO BE UNDERWAY
OVER CENTRAL UNION COUNTY PER RECENT VIS/RADAR IMAGES AND VERY GOOD CHC
GIVEN THE STRONG LOCALIZED AREA OF SFC MOISTURE CNVG PRESENT THAT THERE
WILL BE MERGERS OVER BACA COUNTY/CO..CIMARRON COUNTY/OK..MORTON/STANTON
COUNTIES/KS AND UNION COUNTY/NM. STLT ESIMATES GIVE RAINRATES OF UP TO
1.5"/HR POSSIBLE WITH HIGHER RATES MORE LIKELY WITH MERGERS AND FARTHER
E INTO SW KS/OK PANHANDLE.
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ANOTHER AREA OF CONCERN IS OVER SW NM WHERE CLUSTER OF CELLS MOVING W
ACROSS DONA ANA/SIERRA COUNTIES ON THE OUTFLOW BNDRYS WILL BE COMING NEAR
A SWD MOVING CLUSTER CURRENTLY OVER N GRANT/NE SIERRA COUNTIES. MERGER
MAY BE POSSIBLE OVER SE GRANT/S SIERRA COUNTIES IN NEXT 60-90 MIN BUT
NOT AS MUCH MOISTURE IS PRESENT THERE FOR HVY RAIN THREAT.
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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 3793 9955 3534 10417 3229 10533 3309 10869 3665 10619
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