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SATELLITE PRECIPITATION ESTIMATES..DATE/TIME 11/28/07 1607Z
SATELLITE ANALYSIS BRANCH/NESDIS---NPPU---TEL.301-763-8678
LATEST DATA USED: G11  1530Z  CK
NOAA AMSU:  1029Z-1211Z
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LOCATION...W WASHINGTON...W OREGON
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ATTN WFOS...SEW...PQR...
ATTN RFCS...NWRFC...
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EVENT...APPROACHING FRONTAL BAND
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SATELLITE ANALYSIS AND TRENDS...LARGE BAROCLINIC LEAF ASSCD WITH FRONTAL
SYSTEM AND UPPR SHORT WAVE HAS BEEN STEADILY INCRG THIS MORNING AS IT
APPROACHES THE WA/NW OR COAST. CLOUD TOPS HAVE COOLED..INDICATIVE OF
INCRG UPWARD MOTION..AS SHORT WAVE RAPIDLY PUSHES EWD. AT 1029Z.. AMSU
RAIN RAIN RATE PASS SHOWED RAINFALL EXTENDING FM JUST E 129W N OF 45W
SWWD TO 40N 146W. RAIN RATES WERE GENERALLY ON THE LIGHT SIDE..WITH
SOME HIGHER RATES OF 0.15"/HR NR 47N 125W. SINCE THAT TIME..THE RAIN
HAS ADVANCED FURTHER E..AND MAY HAVE INCRD SOMEWHAT PER GOES IR COOLING
CLOUD TOPS. PW VALUES IN THE CORE OF THE PW PLUME RANGED UP TO 1-1.3".
SEE GRAPHIC AT WEB ADDRESS BELOW FOR DEPICTION OF THIS AND OTHER FEATURES.
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IMAGERY ANIMATION SUGGESTS THAT PRECIP WILL FIRST TARGET W WA LATER
THIS MORNING/AFTN..THEN WILL SPREAD SEWD ARCS NW OR. ATTM..LOOKS LIKE A
PREDOMINATELY LIGHT/MODERATE PRECIP EVENT..WITH SOME POCKETS OF HEAVIER
PRECIP OVER OROGRAPHICALLY FAVORED AREAS.
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SEE GRAPHIC AT WEB ADDRESS BELOW IN APPX 5-10 MINUTES.
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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 4985 12699 4959 12204 4451 12222 4385 12494
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