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SATELLITE PRECIPITATION ESTIMATES..DATE/TIME 07/18/08 2321Z
SATELLITE ANALYSIS BRANCH/NESDIS---NPPU---TEL.301-763-8678
LATEST DATA USED: GOES-2310Z		DS
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LOCATION...CENTRAL/ERN COLORADO...
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ATTN WFOS...GLD...PUB...BOU...GJT...
ATTN RFCS...MBRFC...ABRFC...WGRFC...CBRFC...
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EVENT...SLOW MOVING CELLS AGAIN OVER S LINCOLN COUNTY
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SATELLITE ANALYSIS AND TRENDS...RECENT IR SHOWS A STRONG COLD TOP CELL
WITH COLDEST CLOUD TOP TEMPS TO -71C OVER SW LINCOLN/NE PUEBLO/SE EL PASO
COUNTIES REMAINING NRLY STNRY IN THE PAST HR OF STLT IMAGERY. VIS SHOWS
CELLS ARE FEEDING INTO THE SWRN END FROM PUEBLO COUNTY MAINTAINING THE
COLD TOPS OVER ABOVE MENTIONED COUNTIES. WV INDICATES A FAIRLY VIGOROUS
S/WV RESPONSIBLE FOR PROVIDING THE LIFT AS IT CROSSES CENTRAL CO AND LONG
LOOP SHOWS THAT IT IS THE REMAINS OF A FORMALLY CLOSED UPPER LOW THAT
WAS OVER SRN NV/SRN CA ABOUT 24 HRS AGO.  18Z CIRA TPW ANOMALY PRODUCT
INDICATED NR 150-175% OF NORMAL PW'S PRESENT AS THE S/WV  PROGRESSED OVER
WRN CO AND THIS HIGH MOISTURE HAS NOW REACHED THE CENTRAL/WRN PARTS OF
THE STATE. GOES GPS VALUES INDICATE 1-1.2" PW'S ARE PRESENT INVOF THE
STORMS INCREASING TO THE E UP TO 1.5" AT THE KS/CO BORDER. AUTOMATED
STLT ESTIMATES SHOW AMOUNTS UP TO 1.2" OVER CENTRAL LINCOLN COUNTY
THROUGH 2245Z.
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OF MORE CONCERN RIGHT NOW THOUGH MAY BE THE RAPIDLY INTENSIFYING CELL
OVER BACA COUNTY/CO AS RADAR DEPICTED IT BACKBUILDING FROM SW CO INTO
SE CO IN LAST 30 MIN. VIS/IR STLT SHOWED RAPID CLOUD TOP COOLING FROM
2230Z-2300Z AS OCCURS DURING A RAIN BURST EVENT REACHING -78C IN 2310Z
IMAGE. SEVERAL OVERSHOOTING TOPS WERE PRESENT IN LAST 30-40 MIN OF VIS
IMAGERY OVER BACA COUNTY. WITH EL AT -69C PER RECENT RUC SOUNDING OVER SE
CO ESTIMATE UP TO 2" OCCURRED FROM 2230-2300Z  WITH ADDTL RAINS FALLING
SINCE. SEE WEB ADDRESS IN ABOUT 5 MIN FOR GRAPHIC.
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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 3947 10401 3879 10295 3784 10572 3853 10646
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