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SATELLITE PRECIPITATION ESTIMATES..DATE/TIME 08/18/07 0633Z
SATELLITE ANALYSIS BRANCH/NESDIS---NPPU---TEL.301-763-8678
LATEST DATA USED: GOES-12 0615Z KUSSELSON
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LOCATION... C AND E SOUTH DAKOTA...EXT S NORTH DAKOTA...
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ATTN WFOS...FSD...ABR...BIS...UNR...
ATTN RFCS...MBRFC...
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EVENT...VERY GOOD MOISTURE TRANSPORT AND FORCING FOR HVY RAIN HOLDING
TOGETHER AS COMPLEX MOVES EAST...
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SATELLITE ANALYSIS AND TRENDS...SPOKES OF VORTICITY/SHORT WAVE FORCING
COMING THRU SWLY FLOW E WY/SW MT/W DAKOTAS AND AT THE SAME TIME VERY
GOOD MOISTURE TRANSPORT ON STRONG LOW LEVEL FLOW INTO C AND E SD...
INSURES HVY RAIN OCCURRING INTERIOR SW S CENTRAL TO N CENTRAL SD AND
WILL CONTINUE EAST INTO CENTRAL AND EASTERN SD AND THEN EVENTUALLY LATER
TONIGHT W MN AND SE SD.
INTERACTION WITH WHAT LOOKS LIKE A WARM FRONTAL BOUNDARY IA TO E SD CAN
HELP FURTHER ENHANCED CLOUDS WITH WESTERN DAKOTAS SHORT WAVE AND HELP
FURTHER INCREASE HVY RAINS AND POTENTIAL FF THREAT NORTH AND NE OF A
LINE FROM LINCOLN COUNTY TO HUGHES COUNTY SD.
WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR...
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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 4618 9888 4375 9732 4329 10049 4594 10090
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