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SATELLITE PRECIPITATION ESTIMATES..DATE/TIME 11/30/07 1632Z
SATELLITE ANALYSIS BRANCH/NESDIS---NPPU---TEL.301-763-8678
LATEST DATA USED: GOES-11 1615Z KUSSELSON
NOAA AMSU:1404Z DMSP SSMI:1313Z NASA TRMM:1345Z NASA AMSR-E:1010Z
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LOCATION...S AND C ARIZONA...S AND C  CALIFORNIA...
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ATTN WFOS...TWC...FGZ...PSR...VEF...SGX...LOX...
ATTN RFCS...CBRFC...CNRFC...
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EVENT...DEEP MOISTURE CONTINUES TO STREAM IN...
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SATELLITE ANALYSIS AND TRENDS...LATEST 1313Z SSMI AND 1345Z TRMM PASS
SHOWED WELL DEFINED PW PLUME FROM AT LEAST 17N/130W TO C BAJA AND THEN
FANNING OUT AND FILTERING INTO S CA AND S AZ.  MOISTURE TRANSPORT AT
WESTERN EDGE OF DEEP MOISTURE WITH PLUME GOOD INTO S CA AND GETTING
EVEN BETTER ON 40-50KT WIND FLOW THRU C BAJA TOWARD NW MEXICO THAT IS
BEGINNING TO BRING IN THE PRECIP TOWARD S AZ BORDER.  MAX 15KM AREAL
INSTANTANEOUS RAIN RATES WITH SSMI GENERALLY UNDER 0.10"/HR OFFSHORE
S CA...BUT THERE WERE ISOLATED RATES AS HIGH AS 0.23"/HR WITH T-STORMS
JUST OFF VENTURA-LA COUNTY AT 1313Z THAT IS NOW COMING INLAND.  PLEASE
NOTE SSMI PROBABLY DOES NOT HAVE ENOUGH RAIN ALONG S CA COAST BECAUSE
OF A LONG STANDING COASTLINE PROBLEM WITH THAT SENSOR'S ALGORITHM.
TRMM 10KM AREAL AVG RAIN RATES MUCH MORE IMPRESSIVE JUST OFF SAN DIEGO
AT CLOSE TO 0.30"/HR AT CUT OFF OF PASS THAT WENT FROM THE MEX-CA BORDER
TO AT LEAST 27N/130W.  SO PROBLEMS IF THEY OCCUR MOSTLY THRU TODAY FOR S
CA...ESPECIALLY BURN AREA MOST VULNERABLE TO THE TYPE OF MAX MICROWAVE
RAIN RATES BEING SEEN...S AZ FOR THIS AFTERNOON AND ESPECIALLY TONIGHT
AS DARKENING ON GOES-11 WATER VAPOR OFF NW COAST AT 135W FORCES TROUGHS
TO THE SOUTH (ALONG N CA COAST AND UPPER LOW NEAR 28N/121.5W) INLAND
AND LIFTING NEWD RESPECTIVELY.    AND ALSO WATCHING 1.0"/HR RAIN RATES
JUST NORTH 20N/114W WITH BLOB OF CONVECTION IN WHICH REMNANTS COULD
FURTHER ENHANCE PRECIP TONIGHT/SAT MORNING FOR S AZ.  WILL CONTINUE TO
MONITOR...SEE GRAPHICAL PRODUCT AT HOME PAGE ADDRESS BELOW...
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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 3451 12030 3392 11018 3095 11038 3004 11813
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