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SATELLITE PRECIPITATION ESTIMATES..DATE/TIME 01/10/08 0454Z
SATELLITE ANALYSIS BRANCH/NESDIS---NPPU---TEL.301-763-8678
LATEST DATA USED: GOES-11 0430Z KUSSELSON
NOAA AMSU:0140Z/0010Z/0320Z DMSP SSMI:0040-0258Z AMSE-E:2142Z
TRMM:23Z/0035Z
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LOCATION...N CALIFORNIA...W OREGON...W WASHINGTON...
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ATTN WFOS...PDT...MFR...STO...MTR...SEW...PQR...EKA...
ATTN RFCS...NWRFC...CNRFC...
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EVENT...PROGRESSIVE WARM FOLLOWED BY COLD FRONT AND SHOWERS...
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SATELLITE ANALYSIS AND TRENDS...THOUGH PW PLUME OR CONCENTRATION OF
HIGHEST MOISTURE WITH BAROCLINIC FRONTAL SYSTEM WAS WELL DEFINED AND
MAXING OUT AT 1.3"-1.4" FROM WELL WEST AND SW OF HAWAII TO FAR N CA AND
OREGON...WHEN OVERLAYING 700/850MB WINDS FOR MOISTURE TRANSPORT...THE
MOISTURE TRANSPORT NOT ALL THAT GREAT AND CAN ONLY SUPPORT A STEADY
MODERATE TO HVY PRECIP EVENT WITH FRONTS FOR A 6-12HR PERIOD FOLLOWED
BY OROGRAPHIC SHOWERS AFTERWARDS.  WELL DEFINED JET IN ITS TRADITIONAL
POSITION 4-5 DEGREES LATITUDE NORTH AND NW OF THE PW PLUME...BUT MORE
IMPORTANTLY JET SHIFTING EASTWARD PROGRESSIVELY AND AS A RESULT OCCLUSION
ALSO PROGRESSIVING TOWARD FAR NW OREGON TO W CENTRAL WA COASTS THIS
EVENING/EARLY TONIGHT AND WITH PASSAGE NW OREGON TO W WA COASTS ABOUT
08-10Z...FOLLOWED BY SHOWERY PRECIPITATION BEHIND IT.
BOTH THE AMSU 00Z AND DMSP SSMI 0040Z RAIN RATES WERE GENERALLY UP TO
0,20"/HR WITH AN ISOLATED 0.25"/HR RATE NEAR 43N/126W AND 48N/128W WITH
THE WARM FRONTAL BOUNDARY NOW AFFECTING THE W CENTRAL OREGON TO
W WA COASTS.  SO BEST STEADY PRECIP WILL OCCUR UNTIL PASSAGE OF OCCLUSION
AND WARM FRONTAL BOUNDARY LATER THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT.
WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR...
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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 4842 12188 3984 12141 3803 12379 4004 12547 4722 12577
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