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SATELLITE PRECIPITATION ESTIMATES..DATE/TIME 03/03/08 0353Z
SATELLITE ANALYSIS BRANCH/NESDIS---NPPU---TEL.301-763-8678
LATEST DATA USED: G12  0345Z  CK
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LOCATION...NEW MEXICO...
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ATTN WFOS...MAF...ABQ...EPZ...
ATTN RFCS...WGRFC...
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EVENT...BAROCLINIC LEAF FORMING OVER SE QUARTER OF NM..MOD/HVY SNOW
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SATELLITE ANALYSIS AND TRENDS...FOCUS OF MOD/HVY SNOW HAS NOW SHIFTED
FURTHER S..AS NEW BAROCLINIC LEAF HAS BEGUN TO FORM BTWN ALM TO SW OF
CVS. LATEST WV AND IR ANIMATIONS SHOWS THAT UPPR VORT/CIRC PREVIOUSLY
NR DRO HAS NOW MOVED S TO JUST NW OF 4SL..TORREON. IR IMAGERY ANIMATION
SHOWS THAT UPPR FLOW HAS BEGUN TO BACK IN RESPONSE TO SHARPENING OF SW-NE
SHORT WAVE EXTENDING FM AZ NEWD THRU VORT/CIRC. ANIMATION AS WELL AS GOES
WINDS/DIVERGENCE PRODUCT DOES SHOW INCRG DIVERGENCE INVOF DEVELOPING
LEAF. ALREADY SOME S+ HAS BEEN REPORTED AT SRR..AND WOULD EXPECT MOD
TO HVY SNOW TO INCR OVER CHAVES COUNTY AND VCNTY AS COLD AIR BEHIND SFC
FRONT CONTINUES TO FILTER SWWD.
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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 3378 10339 3235 10373 3223 10606 3373 10583
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