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SATELLITE PRECIPITATION ESTIMATES..DATE/TIME 11/18/07 1440Z
SATELLITE ANALYSIS BRANCH/NESDIS---NPPU---TEL.301-763-8678
LATEST DATA USED: GOES-11 1430Z KUSSELSON
NOAA AMSU:1032Z/1214Z  NASA AMSR-E:0945Z/1124Z DMSP SSMI:0210Z-0352Z
DMSP SSMI/S F-16:0336Z
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LOCATION...EXT NW CALIFORNIA...W OREGON...SW WASHINGTON...
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ATTN WFOS...MFR...PQR...EKA...
ATTN RFCS...NWRFC...CNRFC...
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EVENT...WARM FRONTAL RAIN TODAY AND WAVE AND COLD FRONTAL RAINS LATER
TODAY/THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT...
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SATELLITE ANALYSIS AND TRENDS...LATEST MICROWAVE AND IR LOOPS DID SHOW
WARM FRONT HAD LIFTED NORTH MORE INTO SW OREGON OVERNIGHT.  LATEST AMSU
EARLY MORNING 1032Z AND 1214Z PASS ACROSS THE EASTERN PACIFIC CONTINUED
TO SHOW THE WELL DEFINED PW PLUME CENTERED FROM JUST NORTH OF KAUAI TO
30N/145W TO 38N/135W TO INFLECTION NEAR 39N/132W AND THEN FANNING OUT A
BIT TO THE EXT N CA TO W CENTRAL OREGON COAST.  PW VALUES SOUTH OF 30N
WERE NEAR 1.5"...30 TO 35N WERE 1.3"...35 TO 40N NEAR 1.1"-1.3". 700-850MB
WIND FLOW FOR MOISTURE TRANSPORT WAS VERY GOOD TO INFLECTION IN PW PLUME
NEAR 39N/132W AND NOT QUITE AS GOOD NORTH OF 39N/132W TO THE COASTS.
THIS MAY BE INHIBITING RAINFALL FROM REACHING MAX POTENTIAL...EXCEPT
IN SMALL NARROW COASTAL AND OROGRAPHIC AREAS OF SW OREGON.  STILL LOTS
OF MOISTURE BEHIND INFLECTION AND FRONTAL CONVERGENCE AND WAVE YET TO
BE FULLY FELT SO WILL KEEP AN EYE OUT.  BUT SINCE GOES IR SHOWED TROUGH
OFFSHORE HAD AMPLIFIED AND SHIRT WAVE LIFTING NE AT 135W BETWEEN 50 AND
44N...CONCERN FOR SIMILAR AMOUNTS OF 24HR RAINFALL TO PREVIOUS STORM
HAVE DIMINISHED.  BUT STILL A POTENT MOISTURE STREAMER AND STILL LOTS OF
COLD AIR AND INSTABILITY TO SQUEEZE JUICY SUBTROPICAL MOISTURE OUT OVER
OREGON AND THIS STILL BORN OUT WITH 1124Z 6KM RESOLUTION AREAL AVERAGE
RAIN RATES WITH FRONTAL BAND IN A NARROW BAND FROM 38.5N/134W TO 30N/144W.
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 4623 12614 4553 12209 4230 12313 4067 12768
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