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SATELLITE PRECIPITATION ESTIMATES..DATE/TIME 09/22/07 0422Z
SATELLITE ANALYSIS BRANCH/NESDIS---NPPU---TEL.301-763-8678
LATEST DATA USED: #GOES-11: 0400Z			DS
AMSU: 0031Z	 SSMI: 0022Z/0219Z
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LOCATION...ARIZONA...NEVADA...CALIFORNIA...
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ATTN WFOS...TWC...PSR...VEF...SGX...REV...HNX...LOX...STO...MTR...
ATTN RFCS...CBRFC...CNRFC...
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EVENT...UPDATE ON SYSTEM OFF THE CA COAST
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SATELLITE ANALYSIS AND TRENDS...WV IMAGERY SHOWS CLOSED UPPER LOW
MEANDERING JUST OFF THE CA COAST WITH A CENTER SEEN NEAR 32N/122W AT THIS
TIME.  AFTER DRIFTING VERY SLOWLY WWD THROUGHOUT THE DAY TODAY..SYSTEM
APPEARS TO BE TRYING TO LIFT EVER SO SLIGHTLY NWD PER LAST FEW STLT
IMAGES. BELIEVE THE FRNT COMING INTO THE PAC NW SHOULD HELP TO KICK
THE CLOSED LOW OUT OF THE POCKET IT IS IN AS WV IMAGERY SHOWS NEXT TROF
STARTING TO DIG IN TO THE W OF THE SYSTEM. NEWEST POLAR IMAGERY SHOWS
TWO SEPARATE BANDS FEEDING INTO SRN CA. THE INNER BAND	SEEMS TO HAVE
PW VALUES OF BETWEEN 0.9-1.1" FEEDING INTO THE CA COAST OVER THE LOS
ANGELES AREA. OUTER BAND IS MUCH MORE BROKEN ON STLT IMAGERY UNTIL IT
REACHES SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY/S NV WHERE WARM CLOUD TOPS OF -37C TO -49C
THEN BECOME BETTER ENHANCED TO SHOW UP ON IR.
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 DIFFERENCES ARE SEEN IN THE PW VALUES FEEDING INTO THE OUTER BAND FROM
 THE GULF OF CA BETWEEN THE SSMI AND AMSU. SSMI SEEMS TOO HIGH WITH PW
 VALUES OF 1.8-2" IN THE NRN GULF WHILE AMSU IS MORE IN LINE WITH GOES
 SOUNDER/GPS VALUES OF 1.3-1.6" IN THE SAME AREA. OVERLAYING STLT WINDS
 SHOWS A GOOD STRONG FLOW WITH A 100 KT JET STREAK FEEDING INTO THE SE
 CA/W AZ AREA WRAPPING UP INTO S NV WHERE UPPER LVL DVG BECOMES VERY
 STRONG. SE-NW AXIS OF LOW PRESSURE EXTENDS FROM SW AZ/NW MX INTO SRN
 NV AND WITH RICH MOISTURE FLOWING INTO THE AREA..LEFTOVER INSTABILITY
 IN OLD MX IS BEGINNING TO GENERATE CELLS S OF THE BORDER THAT WILL ROLL
 THROUGH W AZ/SRN NV OVER THE NEXT 3-6 HRS.
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STORMS ARE BEGINNING TO ENHANCE FAIRLY QUICKLY WITHIN INNER BAND OF
STORM S OF LOS ANGELES AS THE VORT ROTATES AROUND. THESE STORMS APPEAR
AS THOUGH THEY WILL TRAIN NWD INTO LOS ANGELES/E VENTURA/CENTRAL AND W
KERN COUNTIES OVER THE NEXT FEW HRS. ESTIMATE THAT RAIN RATES WILL BE
BETWEEN .5-1"/HR WITH LOCAL RATES WHERE STORMS TRAIN THE MOST NEARING
1.5"/HR. SEE WEB ADDRESS IN ABOUT 10 MIN FOR GRAPHICAL 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 3796 11543 3127 11244 3126 11725 3794 12479
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