ZCZC NFDSPENES ALL
SPENES
AZZ000-
.
SATELLITE PRECIPITATION ESTIMATES..DATE/TIME 07/24/08 0142Z
SATELLITE ANALYSIS BRANCH/NESDIS---NPPU---TEL.301-763-8678
LATEST DATA USED: GOES-11: 0130Z		DS
.
LOCATION...E CENTRAL ARIZONA...
.
ATTN WFOS...TWC...FGZ...PSR...
ATTN RFCS...CBRFC...
.
EVENT...MERGING COLD TOP CELLS
.
SATELLITE ANALYSIS AND TRENDS...RECENT VIS/IR IMAGERY SHOWS MERGING COLD
TOP CELLS TO -73C OVER S NAVAJO COUNTY N OF KSOW AND N/NW OF KSJN. ANOTHER
CLUSTER OF CELLS IS SEEN OVER CENTRAL NAVJO/W CENTRAL APACHE COUNTIES
BUILDING SEWD INTO THE OTHER CELLS AND AT LEAST FOUR SEPARATE UPDRAFT
CORES ARE SEEN IN VIS IMAGERY AT 0115Z. UPPER HIGH OVER THE SW HAS BECOME
COMPLETELY SHEARED APART BY THE JET CROSSING THE WRN HALF OF THE COUNTRY
AND BY THE PUSH OF HURRICANE DOLLY INTO S TX SQUEEZING ITS REMAINS WWD
INTO CENTRAL AZ. THETA-E AXIS IS IN SAME PLACE AS YDAY THOUGH EXTENDING
NWD ALONG THE NM/AZ BORDER BUT SHIFTED INTO NE AZ A BIT MORE TDY. 00Z
RAOBS INDICATE 0.8" PW'S AT BOTH ABQ AND FGZ BUT LIKELY A SMALL PLUME
OF NEAR 1" PW'S EXTENDS INTO NE AZ BETWEEN THESE TWO AREAS. MANUEL STLT
ESTIMATES INDICATE UP TO 1" AMOUNTS DURING THE PAST HR 0030-0130Z N OF
SOW AND JUST NW OF SJN IN PARTS OF NAVAJO AND APACHE COUNTIES. MOVEMENT
IS SLOW BUT CELLS SHOULD BEGIN TO WEAKEN IN NEXT 1-2 HRS WITH LOSS OF
DIURNAL HEATING. WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR.
.
SEE NCEP HPC DISCUSSION AND QPF/S FOR FORECAST.
....NESDIS IS A MEMBER OF 12 PLANET....
.
SSD/SAB WEB ADDRESS FOR PRECIP ESTIMATES:
HTTP://WWW.SSD.NOAA.GOV/PS/PCPN/
...ALL LOWER CASE EXCEPT /PS/PCPN/
.
LAT...LON 3515 11074 3509 10935 3336 10916 3320 11021
.
NNNN