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SATELLITE PRECIPITATION ESTIMATES..DATE/TIME 05/25/07 0435Z
SATELLITE ANALYSIS BRANCH/NESDIS---NPPU---TEL.301-763-8678
LATEST DATA USED: GOES-11 0415Z KUSSELSON
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LOCATION...W MONTANA...
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ATTN WFOS...TFX...MSO...OTX...
ATTN RFCS...MBRFC...NWRFC...
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EVENT...SNOW HIGH ELEVATIONS...LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN LOW ELEVS...
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SATELLITE ANALYSIS AND TRENDS...UPPER VORT DROPPING SOUTH ALONG
N IDAHO/EXT NW MONTANA BORDER.  OUT AHEAD...COMMA CLOUD GIVING SMALL BUT
INTENSE INFUSION OF MOISTURE ALONG WITH INSTABILITY FOR MODERATE TO HVY
SNOW BURSTS HIGHEST ELEVS AND A BURST OF TWO OF MODERATE TO HVY RAIN.
STILL SOME MODERATE UPPER LEVEL WINDS ON WEST SIDE OF TROUGH FOR FURTHER
DIGGING SE ESPECIALLY WITH RIDGING ALONG NW AND W CANADA COASTS HELPING
KEEP FAST WINDS ON WEST SIDE OF TROUGH.  TIGHT COMPACT SYSTEM DICTATES
SMALL AREA OF VERY HVY PRECIP IN A RELATIVE SHORT PERIOD OF TIME MOSTLY
CONFINED TO WESTERN 1/3 OF MONTANA SPREADING SE INTO NW AND N WYOMING
LATER TONIGHT.   WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR...SEE GRAPHIC ON WEB IN A
FEW MINUTES...
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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 4859 11458 4821 11325 4524 11129 4489 11303 4814 11624
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