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SATELLITE PRECIPITATION ESTIMATES..DATE/TIME 12/11/07 0200Z
SATELLITE ANALYSIS BRANCH/NESDIS---NPPU---TEL.301-763-8678
LATEST DATA USED: G11  0145Z  CK
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LOCATION...ARIZONA...
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ATTN WFOS...TWC...FGZ...PSR...
ATTN RFCS...CBRFC...
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EVENT...CLOUD TOPS ASSOCD WITH UPR LOW/TROF ENHANCING..INCRG PRECIP
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SATELLITE ANALYSIS AND TRENDS...GOES WV IMAGERY ANIMATION SHOWS UPPR
CIRC CENTER/VORT INVOF S BORDER OF SANTA CRUZ..MOVG NEWD.  THIS IS
EMBEDDED IN LARGER SCALE TROF WHICH EXTENDS FM S OF CENTRAL BAJA THRU
N MX VORT THEN NWD THRU AZ/UT. CLOUD TOPS HAVE BEEN COOLING/EXPANDING
ACRS THE AREA FM N CENTRAL TO S CENTRAL AZ..AS WELL AS E AND SE AZ. GOES
STLT WIND ANALYSIS AS WELL AS WV IMAGERY ANIMATION INDICATE INCRG UPPR
DIFFLUENCE/DIVERGENCE INVOF CENTRAL N CENTRAL PARTS OF THE STATE. THIS..IN
CONJUNCTION WITH IR COOLING/EXPANSION OF CLOUD TOPS SUGGEST THAT THAT
SNOW HAS BEGUN TO INCR IN COVERAGE AND INTENSITY OVER MONGOLIAN RIM AND
HIGH ELEVATIONS THRU N CENTRAL PART OF AZ. FURTHER S..MOD/HVY RAIN SHOWERS
ARE ESTIMATED. HYDROESTIMATOR IS INDICATING RAINFALL BTWN 0.1-0.3"/HR.
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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 3630 10926 3333 10928 3231 10937 3247 11097 3240 11269
3606 11208
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