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SATELLITE PRECIPITATION ESTIMATES..DATE/TIME 06/29/08 0825Z
SATELLITE ANALYSIS BRANCH/NESDIS---NPPU---TEL.301-763-8678
LATEST DATA USED: GOES-EAST:0815Z  JS
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LOCATION...SOUTHWESTERN TEXAS
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ATTN WFOS...EWX...SJT...MAF...
ATTN RFCS...WGRFC...
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EVENT...SLOW MOVING CONVECTION AROUND WELL DEFINED MID/UPPER LEVEL
CIRCULATION HAS INCREASED IN PAST COUPLE OF HOURS.
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SATELLITE ANALYSIS AND TRENDS...IR ANIMATION FOR PAST FEW HOURS
SHOWS MID/UPPER LEVEL CIRCULATION OVER SW TX BECOMING VERY WELL
ORGANIZED WITH CIRRUS OUTFLOW ALOFT EXHIBITING SOME ANTICYCLONIC
CHARACTERISTICS. CONVECTION HAS INCREASED AROUND THE CENTER OF THIS
CIRCULATION AND ESPECIALLY TO THE EAST AND SOUTHEAST. GOOD IR ENHANCEMENT
HAS OCCURRED RECENTLY WITH SLOW MOVING CONVECTION OVER PORTIONS OF
CROCKETT/SUTTON COUNTIES. THE STRONGEST PART OF ACTIVITY HAS GRADUALLY
SUNK SOUTHWARD TOWARD AXIS OF ANALYZED SFC MOISTURE CONVERGENCE WHICH
EXTENDS NORTHWARD FROM MEXICO INTO TERRELL/VAL VERDE COUNTIES. AT THIS
TIME OVERALL MOVEMENT HAS LIMITED TOTALS SOMEWHAT WITH AUTOMATED SATELLITE
ESTIMATES SHOWING OVER 1" THERE. GIVEN RECENT DRYNESS IT WOULD SEEM
THAT MOST OF THIS RAINFALL IS MORE BENEFICIAL THAN ANYTHING. HOWEVER
LOWER EQUILIBRIUM LEVELS AROUND THE CENTER OF THIS MID/UPPER FEATURE
DO ALLOW FOR GREATER RAINFALL EFFICIENCY FROM RELATIVELY WARMER CLOUD
TOPS SO ANY CELLS WHICH PERSIST IN A LOCATION FOR AN HOUR COULD PRODUCE
LOCALIZED TOTALS IN THE VICINITY OF 2".
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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 3214 10276 3197 10006 2987 10041 3047 10375
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