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SATELLITE PRECIPITATION ESTIMATES..DATE/TIME 12/10/07 0444Z
SATELLITE ANALYSIS BRANCH/NESDIS---NPPU---TEL.301-763-8678
LATEST DATA USED: GOES-10 0430Z KUSSELSON
NOAA AMSU: 0222Z
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LOCATION...WEST VIRGINIA...OHIO...KENTUCKY...
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ATTN WFOS...AKQ...LWX...RNK...PBZ...RLX...JKL...ILN...LMK...
ATTN RFCS...MARFC...OHRFC...
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EVENT...BAROCLINIC LEAF SURGE OF MOISTURE FOR LOW FF GUIDANCE AREAS OF
NE KY AND WEST VIRGINIA...
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SATELLITE ANALYSIS AND TRENDS...LATEST SHORT WAVE WESTERN INDIANA THRU S
ILLINOIS WITH IR ENHANCED CLOUD TOPS AHEAD APPEARING AS A BAROCLINIC LEAF
SIGNATURE W AND N KY THRU SE INDIANA INTO OHIO.  HIGHEST RAIN RATES WITH
THIS TYPE OF SATELLITE SIGNATURE USUALLY OCCUR ON SOUTHERN TWO THIRD OF
COOLER IR CLOUD TOPS AND IN THIS CASE FROM W KY THRU N KY TO THE BORDERS
WITH SE INDIANA AND OHIO.  THIS MEANS CONTINUED MORE MODERATE TO HVY RAIN
BURSTS FOR NE KY AREAS OF LOW FF GUIDANCE AND PARTS OF WEST VIRGINIA
SHORTLY AND OVERNIGHT AS THIS AREA MOVES OVER THEM.  16KM MICROWAVE
AREAL AVERAGE INSTANTANEOUS RAIN RATES ONLY 0.3"-0.4"/HR BUT THIS ONLY
AN AREAL AVG AND CERTAINLY COULD BE HIGHER AMOUNTS WITH MOST OF THE
BAROCLINIC BAND CENTERED ON KY.             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 3961 7814 3780 7797 3714 8466 3894 8325 3947 8222
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