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SATELLITE PRECIPITATION ESTIMATES..DATE/TIME  07/17/07 1702Z
SATELLITE ANALYSIS BRANCH/NESDIS---NPPU---TEL.301-763-8678
LATEST DATA USED: GOES-11: 1630Z		DS
AMSU: 1010Z/1152Z  SSMI: 1410Z
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LOCATION...CALIFORNIA...OREGON...WASHINGTON...
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ATTN WFOS...PDT...MFR...STO...SEW...PQR...EKA...
ATTN RFCS...NWRFC...CNRFC...
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EVENT...UPDATE ON ANOMALOUS RAIN EVENT
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SATELLITE ANALYSIS AND TRENDS...STLT TRENDS THIS MORNING HAVE SHOWN
CONTINTUED BUILDING OF RIDGE NR 155W WHICH ALONG WITH FAIRLY STRONG JET
STRUCTURE HAS SLIGHTLY DEEPENED THE TROF NR 135W AND INDUCED A STRONG
LOOKING S/WV CLIMBING OUT OF THE BASE OF THE TROF AT 130W. UPPER LOW
HAS BEEN DRIFTING SLOWLY NEWD AND IS CURRENTLY CENTERED JUST SW OF
45N/130W. STLT WINDS SHOW THREE JET STREAKS IN THE FLOW..THE STRONGEST
OF 100 KTS NR 47 N/144W..AN 80 KT MAX HELPING TO BUILD THE S/WV NR
34N/133W..AND THE LAST A 60 KT MAX ALONG THE OR/WA COASTLINE. RAIN
RATES UP TO THIS POINT HAVE BEEN FAIRLY LOW COMING ASHORE..MOSTLY
BETWEEN .05-.1"/HR THOUGH IN W WA THERE WERE SOME AREAL AVG RATES OF
.2-.3"/HR AT 1410Z. PW VALUES HAVE BEEN SLOWLY CLIMBING OVER THE PAST
12 HRS AND MAX OF 1.7" IS SEEN WITHIN THE S/WV OFF THE COAST. REST OF
THE PLUME CONSISTS OF VALUES RANGING FROM 1.4 NEAREST TO THE N CA COAST
INCREASING SWD TO THE S/WV AND MAX PWS. TPW LOOP FROM CIRA/COLOSTATE AT
HTTP://AMSU.CIRA.COLOSTATE.EDU/GPSTPW SHOWS THAT WITHIN S/WV PW VALUES
ARE NOW 200 PERCENT OF NORMAL. BELIEVE THIS S/WV WILL ALLOW FOR A GOOD
PUSH OF MOD/HVY RAINS INTO NRN CA/W OR THAT SHOULD BE ABLE TO MAKE IT PAST
THE N CA MTNS DESPITE THE SRLY FLOW. SEE WEB ADDRESS FOR GRAPHIC ANALYSIS.
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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 4998 12181 3924 12176 3915 12570 4921 12619
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