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SATELLITE PRECIPITATION ESTIMATES..DATE/TIME 09/29/07 0243Z
SATELLITE ANALYSIS BRANCH/NESDIS---NPPU---TEL.301-763-8678
LATEST DATA USED: G12  0215Z  CK
DMSP SSMI:  2339Z
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LOCATION...NW WISCONSIN...N CENTRAL/N/NE MINNESOTA...
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ATTN WFOS...DLH...MPX...
ATTN RFCS...NCRFC...
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EVENT...COMMA CLOUD PATTERN DEVELOPING AS SHORT WAVE APPROACHES..INCRG
MOD/HVY RAIN
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SATELLITE ANALYSIS AND TRENDS...PREVIOUSLY..IR CLOUD PATTERN OVER MN
WAS RATHER NON-DESCRIPT..DESPITE THE PATCHES OF MOD/HVY RAIN PER OBS
AND RADAR. HOWEVER..SINCE 00Z..AND ESP IN THE PAST COUPLE OF HRS..COMMA
CLOUD PATTERN HAS BEEN DEVELOPING. THIS IS IN RESPONSE TO INCRG UPWARD
MOTION PROVIDED BY APPROACHING SHORT WAVE NOW OVER THE DAKOTAS..PER GOES
WV IMAGERY. COMMA CLOUD FORMATION ALONG WITH BROAD AREA OF COOLING TOPS
SUGGESTS THAT COVERAGE OF MOD/HVY RAIN SHOULD BE INCRG.. ENCOMPASSING
N CENTRAL MN/NE MN/NW WI.
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AS FOR STLT RAINFALL EST...WARMNESS AND WIDSPREAD UNIFORMITY OF WARM
CLOUD TOPS MAKE DETERMINATION DIFFICULT. HOWEVER..LOOKING AT ROUGH IDEA
FM AUTOMATED STLT ESTIMATOR AND PREVIOUS MICROWAVE RAIN RATES..GIVES
EST BTWN 0.25-0.5"/HR AT TIMES.
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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 4855 9378 4822 8956 4567 9106 4549 9412
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