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SATELLITE PRECIPITATION ESTIMATES..DATE/TIME 06/09/07 1440Z
SATELLITE ANALYSIS BRANCH/NESDIS---NPPU---TEL.301-763-8678
LATEST DATA USED: SSMI 0350Z  AMSU  1143Z  AMSRE  1137Z
HYDROESTIMATOR 1345z  GOES-11 1430Z  ALS
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LOCATION...OREGON...WASHINGTON...
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ATTN WFOS...SEW...PQR...
ATTN RFCS...NWRFC...
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EVENT...UNSEASONABLE RAINS
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SATELLITE ANALYSIS AND TRENDS... OUTSTANDING FEATURE IS THE 140+KT JET
AS INDICATED BY GOES HIGH DENSITY WINDS. MICROWAVE PWS ARE GENERALLY IN
THE 1.50-1.80 RANGE BETWEEN 40N AND 50N ALONG 132W. THE 12Z NAM INITIAL
CONDITIONS HAS AN EXCELLENT DEPICTION OF THE PW FIELD IN GENERAL BUT
AN INCOMPLETE AMSRE PASS SHOWS PWS AS HIGH AS 2.00 JUST SOUTHWEST OF
VANCOUVER ISLAND. THIS MIGHT BE OVERDONE.  MICROWAVE HOURLY RAINFALL
RATES ARE GENERALLY IN THE .06-.11 RANGE WITH SOME ISOLATED CONVECTIVE
ELEMENTS IN THE .25-.35 RANGE.  3 HOUR HYDROESTIMATOR AMOUNTS OF .3-.8
ARE ALSO INDICATED FOR OFFSHORE WATERS WEST OF OREGON.  THUS AMOUNTS OF
.5-1.0  FOR THE CENTRAL WASHINGTON COAST SOUTH TO NORTHERN OREGON SEEM
REASONABLE WITH THE HEAVIEST RAIN BETWEEN 15Z AND 21Z.
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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 4915 12317 4521 12296 4524 12583 4899 12564
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