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SATELLITE PRECIPITATION ESTIMATES..DATE/TIME 07/25/08 1943Z
SATELLITE ANALYSIS BRANCH/NESDIS---NPPU---TEL.301-763-8678
LATEST DATA USED: GOES-11 1930Z         CW
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LOCATION...COLORADO...N NEW MEXICO...
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ATTN WFOS...PUB...BOU...ABQ...GJT...
ATTN RFCS...MBRFC...ABRFC...WGRFC...CBRFC...
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EVENT...QUASI-STATIONARY CONVECTIVE CELLS
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SATELLITE ANALYSIS AND TRENDS...OVER THE PAST HR SCATTERED TSTMS/HVY RAIN
SHOWERS HAVE BEEN DEVELOPING OVER PORTIONS OF CO/N NM.  VIS SHOWS TWO
AREAS THAT ARE SLIGHTLY MORE CONCENTRATED THAN OTHER AREAS AND APPEAR
TO HAVE THE GREATEST POTENTIAL FOR CELL MERGERS TO OCCUR.
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E COSTILLA/W LAS ANIMAS IN CO..N TAOS/N COLFAX IN NM...CLOUD TOP TEMPS
ASSOCIATED WITH THIS CLUSTER OF STORMS HAVE DROPPED FROM -47C TO -57C
IN LAST 30 MINS.  CELL HAVE REMAINED STATIONARY OVER THESE COUNTIES AND
STLT ESTIMATED RAIN RATES ARE SUGGESTING 0.5"-0.7"/30 MINS.  RATES COULD
JUMP TO CLOSER TO 1.0"/30 MINS WITH ANY CELL MERGERS THAT OCCUR.
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CLUSTER OF SHOWERS INVOF SAGUACHE/S GUNNISON/OURAY CO...HAVE WARMER
CLOUD TOPS (-49C) ARE SEEN DRIFTING VERY SLOWLY NWD.  ADDITIONAL STORMS
ARE ALSO BUILDING INVOF RIO GRANDE COUNTY AND MOVING SLOWLY NWD. STORMS
MAY BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING 0.5"/HR.
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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 3999 10472 3676 10400 3641 10601 3843 10868
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