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SATELLITE PRECIPITATION ESTIMATES..DATE/TIME 12/03/07 0055Z
SATELLITE ANALYSIS BRANCH/NESDIS---NPPU---TEL.301-763-8678
LATEST DATA USED: GOES-11  KUSSELSON
NOAA AMSU:2055Z/2233Z DMSP SSMI/S: 1425-1819Z NASA TRMM:2000-22Z
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LOCATION...NW CALIFORNIA...W OREGON...WASHINGTON...
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ATTN WFOS...OTX...PDT...MFR...SEW...PQR...EKA...
ATTN RFCS...NWRFC...CNRFC...
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EVENT...WARM FRONTS FOLLOWING BY EXTREMELY WET COLD FRONTS SUNDAY NIGHT
THRU MONDAY...
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SATELLITE ANALYSIS AND TRENDS...SYSTEM ONE AND TWO TAKED ABOUT IN LAST
MESSAGE PROVIDING A WARM-UP TO LATER SUNDAY NIGHT THRU MONDAY NIGHTS
EVEN MORE POWERFUL PRECIP EVENT TO COME.  VORT THAT SCOTTED THRU W WA
HAS DISAPPEARED INTO E WA AND S BRITISH COLUMBIA...SO MOST PRECIP RATES
LOWER THAN 6 HRS AGO AND MOST SIGNIFICANT PRECIP STILL MOSTLY CONFINED
TO OROGRAPHIC AREAS OF OLYMPIC PENINSULA AND N CASCADES.   SECOND SYSTEM
THAT HAD A BACK EDGE TO ENHANCED COOLER CLOUD TOPS HAS MOVED INLAND
SW OREGON...BUT LITTLE VORT CURLING FURTHER NORTH WITH TROUGH AS IT
HEADS INTOM NW OREGON/EXT S/SW WA.  THIS FEATURE HAS ALREADY LAYED DOWN
THE PW MOISTURE PLUME ACROSS OREGON AND EXTENDED SW INTO THE OFFSHORE
WATERS OF FAR N CA AND SW OREGON.  NOT SURE I WANT TO CALL IT A BREAK
IN THE PRECIP...BUT CERTAINLY LESS PRECIP BEHIND THIS SHORT WAVE TILL
SYSTEM THREE APPROACHES.  AND THAT SYSTEM 3 FORCING A WEAK RIDGE OUT
AHEAD OF ITSELF JUST EAST OF 129W/38-43N.  AND IT IS THIS SYSTEM 3 THAT
HAS EMBEDDED IN IT THE TROPICAL MOISTURE REMAINS OF 25W THAT WAS AROUND
THE WESTERN PACIFIC THE MIDDLE OF LAST WEEK.  IT IS ALSO THE SYSTEM THAT
GOBBLED UP ADDITIONAL MOISTURE FROM EXISTING PLUME THAT HAD ORIGINATING W
AND SW OF THE HAWAIIAN ISLANDS AND NOW HAS ALSO ENTRAINED INTO SYSTEM 3.
ALL THIS WILL FEED ON MOISTURE BOUNDARY LEFT BY SYSTEM TWO FOR A RAMP
UP OF HIGHER PRECIP FOR LATER SUNDAY NIGHT THRU MONDAY. AND IF ALL THAT
I SAY ABOUT SYSTEM 3 IS NOT ENOUGH...700MB AND 850 WINDS OVERLAYED ON
MOISTURE PLUME WERE ALMOST PERFECTLY ALIGNED FOR INCREDIBLE MOISTURE
TRANSPORT ON ALMOST MAXIMUM WIND SPEEDS OF 60-80KTS.   AND TO TOP IT
OFF A LARGE PW ANOMALY AREA OF 200 PERCENT OF NORMAL STRETCHED FROM
25N/148W TO 31N/148W TO 38N/131W TO 30N/135W.  SO THERE WILL BE A 12-18
HOUR PERIOD OF VERY INTENSE RAINS FROM LATE SUNDAY NIGHT THRU MON AND
POSSIBLY INTO MONDAY NIGHT.
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 4836 12595 4817 12079 4053 12288 4053 12288 3973 12519
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