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SATELLITE PRECIPITATION ESTIMATES..DATE/TIME 07/23/07 0756Z
SATELLITE ANALYSIS BRANCH/NESDIS---NPPU---TEL.301-763-8678
LATEST DATA USED: G12  0745Z  CK
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LOCATION...NW/W NORTH DAKOTA...NE MONTANA...
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ATTN WFOS...BIS...GGW...
ATTN RFCS...NCRFC...MBRFC...
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EVENT...MCS ASSOCD WITH VORT INTENSIFYING..HVY RAIN
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SATELLITE ANALYSIS AND TRENDS...MCS OVER NE MT/W ND CONTINUES TO INCR
IN RESPONSE TO STEADILY STRENGTHENING VORT OVER NR MLS/MT AND INCR UPPR
DIFFLUENCE. VORT CENTER HAS BEEN STRENGTHENING IN RESPONSE TO BUILDING
RIDGE OVER E ID/W WY/INTO CENTRAL MT..PER GOES WV IMAGERY. INITIAL
SEVERE TYPE APPEARANCE IN IR IMAGERY MAY BE TRANSITIONING TO A HVY RAIN
SIGNATURE..OR AT LEAST A COMBINATION OF THE TWO. OVERSHOOTING TOPS
HAVE DEVELOPED JUST TO THE SW OF ISN/ND AND..IN GENERAL..MCS IS MOVG
INTO INCREASINGLY MOIST ENVIRONMENT. IN THE PAST HR..CELL MERGERS HAVE
OCCURRED OVER SW WILLIAMS AND NW MCKENZIE COUNTIES. ADDITIONAL MERGERS
ARE LIKELY AS MCS SLOWLY PROGRESSES ACRS NW/W ND.
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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 4930 10222 4755 10261 4756 10441 4929 10447
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