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SATELLITE PRECIPITATION ESTIMATES..DATE/TIME 11/09/07 0551Z
SATELLITE ANALYSIS BRANCH/NESDIS---NPPU---TEL.301-763-8678
LATEST DATA USED: GOES-11 0530Z KUSSELSON
NOAA AMSU:0120Z DMSP SSMI:0032Z/0214Z  NASA AMSR-E: 2130Z
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LOCATION...W OREGON...W WASHINGTON...
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ATTN WFOS...SEW...PQR...
ATTN RFCS...NWRFC...
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EVENT...NARROW SHORT MOISTURE TRANSPORT WITH INCOMING FRONTAL
BAND...HIGHER AMOUNTS IN WASHINGTON COMPARED WITH OREGON...
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SATELLITE ANALYSIS AND TRENDS...NASA AMSRE MAX INSTANTANEOUS RAIN RATES
WITH AREAL AVG RESOLUTION OF 6KMS WAS 0.35"/HR WITH FRONTAL BAND EARLIER
AT 2130Z.  THESE RATES HAVE LOWERED WITH SSMI 0032Z (0.12"/HR)AND AMSU
0120Z PASSES (0.06"/HR) WITH HIGHER RATES TO THE NORTH ALONG FRONTAL BAND
AND GENERALLY TAPPERING OFF THE FURTHER SOUTH ALONG THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY.
THIS ESSENTIALLY GOES ALONG WITH TREND OF ENHANCED IR CLOUDS WITH FRONT
AS FRONTAL CLOUD BAND STARTS TO TAKE ON A LITTLE MORE NEGATIVE TILT AS
IT APPROACHES THE COAST.   IN-HOUSE SCHEME THAT COMPARES INSTANTANEOUS
MICROWAVE RAIN RATES OFFSHORE WITH COASTAL AMOUNTS IN A 6HR PERIOD
WOULD GIVE GENERALLY AMOUNTS OF UP TO 0.4" IN ANY 6 HR PERIOD IN W WA
WITH MAX IN OLYMPICS OF 0.5".  AMOUNTS OF ABOUT HALF AS MUCH IN NW/N
OREGON AS CLOUD BAND THINNING AS IT GETS CLOSE TO THE COAST.  NOT SURE
WHETHER YOU WILL SEE A SLIGHT ENHANCEMENT OF PRECIP INLAND WITH NORTHERN
FRINGES OF CLOUDS/MOISTURE FROM UPPER LOW OFF CENTRAL CA GETTING INVOLVED.
MOISTURE TRANSPORT ADEQUATE FOR BEST PRECIP INTO
W WA OVERNIGHT INTO FRI MORNING AS 700/850MB MAX WINDS OF 40-50KTS NARROW
BUT NEARLY PARALLEL FRONTAL BAND FROM 43N NORTHWARD.  FRONTAL RAIN ON
ALL MICROWAVE PASSES DID EXTEND AS FAR SOUTH AS 41N...INSURING AT LEAST
SOME LIGHT RAIN FOR THE MFR WFO AREA.
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 5028 12714 4955 12139 4581 12225 4478 12472 4615 12655
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