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SATELLITE PRECIPITATION ESTIMATES..DATE/TIME 07/27/08 1225Z
SATELLITE ANALYSIS BRANCH/NESDIS---NPPU---TEL.301-763-8678
LATEST DATA USED: GOES-11 1200Z        CW
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LOCATION...NEW MEXICO...
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ATTN WFOS...MAF...ABQ...EPZ...
ATTN RFCS...WGRFC...
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EVENT...NEARLY STATIONARY COLD-TOP CONVECTION ASSOCIATED WITH REMAINS
OF DOLLY
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SATELLITE ANALYSIS AND TRENDS...OVER THE PAST SEVERAL HRS COLD TOP CLOUDS
(-70C) HAVE REMAINED NEARLY STATIONARY OVER PORTIONS OF S LINCOLN/N
AND CENTRAL OTERO COUNTIES IN SOUTHERN NM.  VERY HVY RAINS ARE LIKELY
ASSOCIATED WITH THIS AREA OF CONVECTION WITH STLT ESTIMATED RAIN RATES
AT TIMES REACHING UPWARDS OF 1.0"/HR.
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CONVECTION IS LOCATED WITHIN SFC THETA-E RIDGE AXIS BASED ON 12Z OBJECTIVE
ANALYSIS AND STLT DERIVED PW/S ARE NEAR 1.6".  WITH WEAK STEERING FLOW
ALOFT AND MID LVL MOISTURE BEING STRETCHED ACROSS NM BASED ON LATEST WV
LOOP...CONVECTION LIKELY WILL BE SLOW TO MOVE NWD DURING THE DAY TODAY
ACROSS NM ALLOWING FOR THE THREAT OF LOCALIZED HVY RAINS TO CONTINUE
OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL HRS OVER PORTIONS OF S-CENTRAL TO NW NM.
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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 3451 10485 3289 10425 3221 10612 3373 10683
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