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SATELLITE PRECIPITATION ESTIMATES..DATE/TIME 09/14/08 2145Z
SATELLITE ANALYSIS BRANCH/NESDIS---NPPU---TEL.301-763-8678
LATEST DATA USED: GOES-12 2132Z   LIDDICK
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CORRECTION FOR MORE MOIST TO DRIER AIR ALOFT
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LOCATION...TEXAS...
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ATTN WFOS...MAF...
ATTN RFCS...WGRFC...
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EVENT...VERY WARM TOP RAINS OVER PRESIDIO/BREWSTER COUNTIES
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SATELLITE ANALYSIS AND TRENDS...SATELLITE IMAGERY SHOWING SHOWERS INVOF
THE TOWNS OF PRESIDIO/REDFORD IN PRESIDIO COUNTY...VISIBLE IMAGERY
SHOWING SOME SHOWERS OVER THE SRN PRESIDIO/BREWSTER COUNTY LINE AND OVER
SW BREWSTER COUNTY NEAR THE TOWN OF TERLINGUA.  CLOUD TOPS ARE VERY WARM
TOPS OVER THE AREA ONLY RUNNING -12C...HOWEVER 20Z RUC SOUNDING ONLY
SHOWING EL OF -9C TO -10C AS PERSISTENT SWRLY FLOW ALOFT PER WV IMAGERY
AND RUC SOUNDING HAS BROUGHT WARMER AND DRIER AIR ALOFT.  GOES SOUNDER AND
20Z RUC SHOWING PW VALUES BETWEEN 1.1"-1.3" IN THE AREA...LEADING TO THE
VERY WARM TOP CONVECTION OVER PRESIDIO/BREWSTER COUNTIES LIKELY PRODUCING
SOME TOTALS OF .5"-1.25" IN A 60 MIN TIME PERIOD.  WHILE CONVECTION IN THE
AREA SEEMS TO HAVE BECOME CONFINED TO THOSE AREAS/TOWNS MENTIONED...WILL
CONTINUE TO MONITOR FOR ANY CONVECTION OUT OF RADAR RANGE THAT MOVES IN
FROM MEXICO OR DEVELOPS.
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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 3026 10482 2953 10253 2858 10299 2942 10496
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