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SATELLITE PRECIPITATION ESTIMATES..DATE/TIME 11/10/07 0955Z
SATELLITE ANALYSIS BRANCH/NESDIS---NPPU---TEL.301-763-8678
LATEST DATA USED: GOES-11 0945Z KUSSELSON
NOAA AMSU:0424Z-0605 DMSP SSMI/S:0337 SSMI:0224-0406Z
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LOCATION...N CALIFORNIA...W OREGON...W WASHINGTON...
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ATTN WFOS...OTX...PDT...MFR...SEW...PQR...EKA...
ATTN RFCS...NWRFC...CNRFC...
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EVENT...BACK EDGE OF SIGNIFICANT RAIN HAS SWEEP THRU NW WA COAST... LIGHT
TO MODERATE RAIN CONTINUING SW WA/NW OREGON AND INLAND...INCREASING SW
OREGON/FAR N CA...
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SATELLITE ANALYSIS AND TRENDS...BACK EDGE OF STEADY LIGHT TO MODERATE
RAIN ONTO NW WA COAST...AMSU PW VALUES DROP OFF SIGNIFICANTLY FROM 0.8"
TO 0.4" IN A MATTER OF 50 MILES OR SO.  STILL AN HR OR SO OF MODERATE
POSSIBLE OLYMPICS/RAIN FOREST OF INTERIOR NW WA...AND SW WA COAST.
FURTHER INLAND BACK EDGE MAKES IT EAST OF WASHINGTON CASCADES 15Z OR
SO AND CAN EXPECT 0.1"-0.2"/HR RAIN THERE TILL THEN...BIT LATER THIS
MORNING INTO N OREGON CASCADES.
SIGNIFICANT JET AXIS INTO C OREGON COAST AND WILL DRIFT SOUTH WITH FRONT
PUSHING INLAND...SO LIGHT TO MODERATE CONTINUING FOR AWHILE THIS MORNING
NW AND W CENTRAL OREGON AND INTO THE CASCADES AND INCREASING RAINS THIS
MORNING SW OREGON AND LATER THIS MORNING INTO NW CA AS SUBTROPICAL
ORIGINATING MOISTURE PLUME...JET AND RESIDUAL MOISTURE FROM PREVIOUS
DAY'S FRONT ALL INTERACT THRU AT LEAST MID AFTERNOON SW OREGON AND LATER
THIS AFTERNOON/EVENING N CA.
FOR NORTHWEST LATER SAT NIGHT AND SUNDAY...ALREADY SEEING VIGOROUS SHORT
WAVE APPROACHING 140W/NEAR 44N THAT REFLECTS WELL IN BULGE OF HIGHER PW
ALONG LONG FETCH PLUME....THIS UPPER LEVEL FEATURE HAS MUCH MORE COLD
AIR ASSOCIATED WITH IT AND POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE AS MUCH OR MORE PRECIP
THAN CURRENT SYSTEM...BUT DRIER AIR/LOWER PWS NOW WORKING INTO NW WA
COAST...WILL HAVE TO BE REMOISTENED.    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 5008 12403 4748 12072 4114 12403 4154 12690
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