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SATELLITE PRECIPITATION ESTIMATES..DATE/TIME 08/30/08 0653Z
SATELLITE ANALYSIS BRANCH/NESDIS---NPPU---TEL.301-763-8678
LATEST DATA USED: GOES-11 0645Z KUSSELSON
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LOCATION...C ARIZONA...
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ATTN WFOS...FGZ...PSR...
ATTN RFCS...CBRFC...
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EVENT...-71C CLOUD TOP MOVING ACROSS N MARICOPA...
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SATELLITE ANALYSIS AND TRENDS...AT LEAST A SEVERAL PARAMETERS HELPING
INSTABILITY LINGER AFTER DARK WITH CONVECTIVE COMPLEX NOW PUSHING ACROSS
N MARICOPA COUNTY.  LATEST HIGH LEVEL SATELLITE WINDS SHOWING MODERATE
DIFFLUENCE IN THE AREA; GOES SOUNDER AND GPS SITES SHOWING AREA RIGHT
IN THE MIDDLE OF A PRETTY GOOD PRECIPITABLE WATER GRADIENT  BETWEEN THE
2.0"+ BULLSEYE OVER THE N GULF OF CA AND 0.6" OVER
W CENTRAL NM.  AND AREA IN THE SURFACE MOISTURE CONVERGENCE GRADIENT
AS WELL.  -71C CLOUD TOP WAY ABOVE THE EQUILIBRIUM LEVEL TEMP OF -60C
ON THE 03X PHX SOUNDING...SO IF THE CELLS WERE MOVING SLOW...THEY COULD
PUT DOWN 1.0" PER 15-20 MINUTES.  SLIGHT COOLING OF CLOUD TOPS NOTED
JUST TO THE NORTH OF THIS COMPLEX AND MERGER EXPECTED ACROSS
N CENTRAL MARICOPA THAT COULD PROVIDE A BRIEF BUT EXCESSIVE AMOUNT OF
RAIN TO THE NW QUARTER OF MARICOPA THRU 0745Z.
WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR...
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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 3407 11203 3343 11195 3311 11314 3390 11336
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