ZCZC NFDSPENES ALL SPENES . SATELLITE PRECIPITATION ESTIMATES..DATE/TIME 12/02/07 1754Z SATELLITE ANALYSIS BRANCH/NESDIS---NPPU---TEL.301-763-8678 LATEST DATA USED: G11 1745Z CK DMSP SSMI: 1455Z . LOCATION...NW OREGON...W WASHINGTON... . ATTN WFOS...SEW...PQR... ATTN RFCS...NWRFC... . EVENT...UPDATE...INCRG SHOWERS AHEAD OF VORT . SATELLITE ANALYSIS AND TRENDS...A BRIEF UPDATE TO PREVIOUS SPENES. CIRC/VORT CENTER MENTIONED IN PREVIOUS SPENES MESSAGE HAS PUSHED PAST 130W AND CONTINUES TO HEAD TWD SW WA/NW OR. VIS AND IR IMAGERY SHOWS SHOWERS ENHANCING TO THE E OF THE VORT..WITH THE ENHANCING SHOWERS PUSHING TWD NW OR/SW AND W WA. DMSP SSMI PASS FM 1455Z INDICATED RAINFALL RATES BTWN 0.2-0.4"/HR. HOWEVER..WITH THE RECENT ENHANCEMENT.. ALBEIT WARM CLOUD TOP VARIETY..OF THE SHOWERS..WOULD SUSPECT THAT MAX RATES HAVE INCRD TO 0.5"/HR..OR MORE. . SEE NCEP HPC DISCUSSION AND QPF/S FOR FORECAST. ....NESDIS IS A MEMBER OF 12 PLANET.... . SSD/SAB WEB ADDRESS FOR PRECIP ESTIMATES: HTTP://WWW.SSD.NOAA.GOV/PS/PCPN/ ...ALL LOWER CASE EXCEPT /PS/PCPN/ . LAT...LON 4915 12549 4875 12300 4525 12309 4502 12490 . NNNN