ZCZC NFDSPENES ALL SPENES . SATELLITE PRECIPITATION ESTIMATES..DATE/TIME 08/01/07 2239Z SATELLITE ANALYSIS BRANCH/NESDIS---NPPU---TEL.301-763-8678 LATEST DATA USED: G12 2230Z CK . LOCATION...SW NEW MEXICO... . ATTN WFOS...EPZ... ATTN RFCS...WGRFC...CBRFC... . EVENT...INTENSE CELL MERGERS...3"/HR STLT ESTIMATES . SATELLITE ANALYSIS AND TRENDS...SOME OF THE MOST INTENSE CELL MERGERS HAVE BEEN OCCURRING OVER LUNA COUNTY...WITH MANUAL STLT ESTIMATES INDICATING 2-3" AMOUNTS OVER THE PAST HR. THERE ARE NUMEROUS VERY COLD TOPS TSTMS WITH OVERSHOOTING TOPS OVER SW NM..AND OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF HRS WOULD EXPECT A NUMBER OF SPOTS TO PICK UP 2-3" IN AN HR..WITH 3"PLUS IN AN HR PSBL..ESP OVER LUNNA COUNTY. . SEE NCEP HPC DISCUSSION AND QPF/S FOR FORECAST. ....NESDIS IS A MEMBER OF 12 PLANET.... . SSD/SAB WEB ADDRESS FOR PRECIP ESTIMATES: HTTP://WWW.SSD.NOAA.GOV/PS/PCPN/ ...ALL LOWER CASE EXCEPT /PS/PCPN/ . LAT...LON 3248 10742 3126 10741 3121 10888 3247 10886 . NNNN