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SATELLITE PRECIPITATION ESTIMATES..DATE/TIME 07/27/08 0410Z
SATELLITE ANALYSIS BRANCH/NESDIS---NPPU---TEL.301-763-8678
LATEST DATA USED: GOES-12 0345Z  HANNA
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LOCATION...NEW MEXICO...ARIZONA...
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ATTN WFOS...ABQ...EPZ...TWC...
ATTN RFCS...WGRFC...CBRFC...
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EVENT...RAPID CLOUD TOP COOLING WITH CONVECTIVE MERGERS FROM
GREENLEE/COCHISE EAST TO DONA ANA COUNTIES
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SATELLITE ANALYSIS AND TRENDS...OVER THE LAST 1-2 HOURS HAVE SEEN RAPID
DEVELOPMENT AND CLOUD TOP COOLING WITH CONVECTION OVER PORTIONS OF SE
AZ AND SW NM.  HAVE ALSO SEEN NUMEROUS CONVECTIVE MERGERS TO LOCALLY
ACCENTUATE RAINFALL RATES WITH THE MOST RECENT BEING WITH BACKBUILDING
CONVECTION INTO NE GRAHAM COUNTY.  CONVECTIVE CELL NOW MOVING RAPIDLY
OUT OF NE LUNA COUNTY INTO NW DONA ANA ALSO FEATURING RAPIDLY COOLING
CLOUD TOPS WITH ASSOCIATED OVERSHOOTING TOP.  OBVIOUSLY MOISTURE IS
QUITE PLENTIFUL OVER REGION WITH MONSOONAL MOISTURE AND REMAINS OF DOLLY.
MOST RECENT GOES AND GPS PRECIPITABLE WATER ESTIMATES WERE RUNNING AROUND
1.75" WHICH IS WELL OVER 150% ABOVE CLIMATOLOGICAL NORMAL VALUES.
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MANUAL AND AUTOMATED SATELLITE RAINFALL ESTIMATES GENERALLY RUNNING
BETWEEN 1.0-1.5"/HR WITH THE MOST ACTIVE CONVECTION AND IT IS NOT
UNREASONABLE TO BELIEVE RATES COULD EVEN APPROACH 2.0"/HR WITH ANY RAPID
COOLING AND MERGING CONVECTION.  WILL HAVE TO KEEP AN EYE FOR THESE
TYPES OF RATES OVER W DONA ANA COUNTY OVER THE NEXT 30 MINUTES WHERE
IT APPEARS AS THOUGH CELL MENTIONED ABOVE MAY MERGE WITH ADDITIONAL
DOWNSTREAM CONVECTION.
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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 3328 10811 3289 10705 3255 10675 3228 10677 3208 10729
3188 10843 3190 10949 3255 10961 3312 10938
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