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SATELLITE PRECIPITATION ESTIMATES..DATE/TIME 09/13/08 1012Z
SATELLITE ANALYSIS BRANCH/NESDIS---NPPU---TEL.301-763-8678
LATEST DATA USED: GOES-13 1002Z  RUMINSKI
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LOCATION...LOUISIANA...TEXAS...
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ATTN WFOS...LCH...SHV...HGX...FWD...CRP...EWX...
ATTN RFCS...LMRFC...WGRFC...
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EVENT...HEAVY RAIN AS IKE MOVES INLAND
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SATELLITE ANALYSIS AND TRENDS...STLT TRENDS PAST 2 HOURS SHOWS UNIFORM
WARMING OF CLD TOP TEMPS IN ERN SEMICIRCLE OVER JEFFERSON..HARDIN..TYLER
COUNTIES IN TX EWRD INTO SW LA. THIS WOULD SEEM TO SUGGEST AT LEAST
A MODEST DECREASE IN RAIN RATES THIS AREA..ALTHOUGH RADAR LOOP SHOWS
NO LETUP OVER CAMERON AND CALCASIEU. COLDEST CLD TOPS HAVE NOW ROTATED
INTO WRN SEMICIRCLE OVER SAN JACINTO..HARRIS..MONTGOMERY..BRAZORIA AND
GLAVESTON COUNTIES. SO FOR AT LEAST THE SHORT TERM OVER NEXT 1-2 HRS
EXPECT HEAVIEST RAIN OVER WRN AND SRN SEMICIRCLES AS THESE COLDER TOPS
CONT TO ROTATE ARND CENTER.
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LATEST 6HR AUTOMATED STLT ESTS LOOK REASONABLE IN SHOWING GENERAL 2-3"
AMNTS SURROUNDING THE EYE WITH LOCALIZED 3-4" AMNTS. GRAPHIC OF 6 HR
ESTS WILL BE POSTED SHORTLY AT WEB ADDRESS BLO.
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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 3145 9673 3123 9295 2857 9296 2870 9665
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