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SATELLITE PRECIPITATION ESTIMATES..DATE/TIME 12/22/07 1935Z
SATELLITE ANALYSIS BRANCH/NESDIS---NPPU---TEL.301-763-8678
LATEST DATA USED: GOES-12 1915Z KUSSELSON
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LOCATION...MISSOURI...OKLAHOMA...KANSAS...
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ATTN WFOS...SGF...EAX...TSA...TOP...ICT...OUN...DDC...
ATTN RFCS...MBRFC...ABRFC...
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EVENT...CONVECTIVE BAND IN BAROCLINIC LEAF/DEFORMATION WITH TREMENDOUS
MOISTURE TRANSPORT INTO AREA FROM THE LOWER MS VALLEY...
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SATELLITE ANALYSIS AND TRENDS...INTENSE UPPER TROUGH/LOW KEPT REDEVELOPING
A LITTLE BIT FURTHER EAST EVERY 3-6 HRS AND WAS NOW CENTERED NEAR N
CENTRAL OK.  NOSE OF THE POLAR JET WAS PUNCHING OUT ACROSS AR/S MO
WHILE SUBTROPICAL JET WAS ACROSS S TO NE TX INTO LOUISIANA.  MOIST PW
PLUME WAS ALIGNED FROM NW GULF OF MEXICO AND LOUISIANA NORTHWARD TO W
ARKANSAS...SW MO AND SE KS AND BEING TRANSPORTED ON EXCELLENT 85H FLOW
BACK INTO BAROCLINIC LEAF/DEFORMATION ZONE ACROSS S CENTRAL TO NE KS
INTO NW MO AND SW IA.  SOUTHERLY TRANSPORT INTO N MO GETTING LIFTED
AND BEING FORCED INTO DEFORMATION ZONE FOR ADDED LIFT THAT IS HELPING
PRODUCE MODERATE TO HVY PRECIP ON SOUTHERN EDGE OF ENHANCED CLOUD
CENTERED FROM COWLEY COUNTY KS TO LEAVENWORTH (KS)/PLATTE COUNTY MO TO
RAY COUNTY MO.  PIVOT POINT OF BAROCLINIC LEAF STILL BACK IN E CENTRAL
KS VIC OF CHASE/MARION COUNTY AND HEAVIEST AND STEADIEST PRECIP WILL
MOVE EAST AND NE FROM THERE AS PIVOT AREA SHIFTS EAST AND NE AS WELL.
WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR AS SHORT MOVING NE ACROSS W CENTRAL MO ENHANCES
BAROCLINIC LEAF ACROSS NE KS/NW MO REST OF THE AFTERNOON.
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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 3981 9270 3602 9725 3681 9875 3852 9743
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