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SATELLITE PRECIPITATION ESTIMATES..DATE/TIME 01/05/08 1402Z
SATELLITE ANALYSIS BRANCH/NESDIS---NPPU---TEL.301-763-8678
LATEST DATA USED: GOES-11 1345Z  KUSSELSON
NOAA AMSU:1037Z NASA AMSR-E: 2123Z  DMSP SSMIS:0334Z  QUIKSCAT:0200Z
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LOCATION...ARIZONA...S CALIFORNIA...S NEVADA
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ATTN WFOS...PSR...VEF...SGX...LOX...
ATTN RFCS...CBRFC...CNRFC...
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EVENT...FRONTAL SYSTEM PASSING THRU SAN DIEGO COUNTY...MOUNTAIN PRECIP
CONTINUING...LOWLAND PRECIP TAPPERING OFF FROM NW TO SE...
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SATELLITE ANALYSIS AND TRENDS...MICROWAVE 85GHZ IMAGERY ALONG WITH
QUICKSCAT DATA MAKING SENSE OF WHERE FRONTAL BOUNDARY MAY HAVE BEEN
THE PAST 12HRS AND LATEST GOES PROJECTING FRONT PASSING THRU SAN
DIEGO COUNTY.  LATEST CLOUD SIGNATURE ACTING LIKE A BAROCLINIC LEAF
WITH MOST OF THE SIGNIFICANT PRECIP STILL ON SOUTHERN EDGE OF COLDEST
ENHANCED CLOUDS AND NORTHERN PORTION OF HIGH CLOUDS HAVING MOSTLY LITTLE
OR JUST OROGRAPHIC PRECIP.  MOVEMENT OF FRONT MAKE ONE BELIEVE THAT
ALTHOUGH OROGRAPHIC MOUNTAIN PRECIP COULD CONTINUE MODERATE TO HVY S CA
THRU MOST OF THE MORNING...MOST OTHER AREAS WILL BE SEEING A DECREASE
IN PRECIP FROM NW TO SE ACROSS S CA...ESPECALLY ORANGE AND SAN DIEGO
BY 15Z.  MOISTURE PLUME STILL MAX PWS OF 1.3" AND JET STILL PROVIDING
GOOD ENERGETICS THRU AREA...BUT MAX 140KTS WINDS HAVE DECREASED A BIT
FROM EARLIER AND BULK OF THESE FAST WINDS MOVING OFF TO THE NE INTO UT
THIS MORNING...SO A LULL IN BOTH SHORT WAVE AND JET ACTION IN A RELATIVE
SENSE WILL BEGIN LATER THIS MORNING AND CONTINUE THE REST OF THE DAY.
AS FOR THE NEXT EVENT...FEATURES ARE OBVIOUSLY WEAKER THAN THOSE
YESTERDAY AND THIS MORNING...MICROWAVE LOOPS SHOWED A WEAKER MOISTURE
MAX SHIFT EAST/SE AND NOW BETWEEN 37N/147W AND 32N/130W AND SHORT WAVES
A BIT NORTH OF THIS MOISTURE MAX NEAR 41N/127W TO 38N/128W...AND ANOTHER
NEAR 40N/130W...AND YET ANOTHER AT 39N/132W THAT WILL FIRST IMPACT AREAS
FURTHER NORTH AND FILTER INTO S CA POSSIBLY LATER THIS EVENING OR TONIGHT.
AND THERE IS STILL A 140-160 KT SATELLITE WIND MAX
45N/150W TO 36N/133W TO CONTEND WITH THAT COULD ACT ON RESIDUAL MOISTURE
LEFT OVER FROM CURRENT SYSTEM.  WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR...BUT FURTHER
NORTH AREAS LOOK MORE VULNERABLE TO HVY PRECIP FIRST...
SEE GRAPHIC ON HOME PAGE AT ADDRESS BELOW...
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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 3539 11523 3239 11447 3149 11765 3182 11811 3338 11876
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