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SATELLITE PRECIPITATION ESTIMATES..DATE/TIME 12/22/07 2305Z
SATELLITE ANALYSIS BRANCH/NESDIS---NPPU---TEL.301-763-8678
LATEST DATA USED: GOES-12 2245Z KUSSELSON
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LOCATION...SW WISCONSIN...W ILLINOIS...NW MISSOURI...IOWA...
LOCATION...OKLAHOMA...E KANSAS...
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ATTN WFOS...MKX...LSX...DVN...ARX...DMX...EAX...TOP...ICT...OUN...
ATTN RFCS...NCRFC...MBRFC...ABRFC...
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EVENT...BAROCLINIC LEAF SNOWS LIFTING NORTH AND NE...
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SATELLITE ANALYSIS AND TRENDS...SATELLITE TRENDS PAST FEW HRS OF CLOUD
TOPS WITH BAROCLINIC LEAF FROM C OKLAHOMA TO IOWA HAS BEEN FRAGMENTATION
AND WARMING ON SOUTHERN END...ESPECIALLY OKLAHOMA AND NOW S KANSAS
AND STILL HOLDING TOGETHER AND WITH CONVECTIVE ELEMENTS E CENTRAL KS
INTO IOWA.  RAPIDLY EXPANDING AND COOLING WARM TOPS RECENTLY NOTED IN A
CENTRAL KS COUNTIES OF WOODSON...COFFEY/ANDERSON ...LYON/OSAGE/SHAWNEE
AND DOUGLAS. THIS AHEAD OF MAIN BAROCLINIC LEAF AND THESE CONVECTIVE
SNOW BURSTS CAN GIVE 1-2 INCHES PER HR AND WITH THEIR MOVEMENT EAST AND
NE AREAS OF CONCERN THRU THIS EVENING WILL BE NE KS/
NW MO...INCLUDING THE KANSAS CITY AREA AND EXTEND NEWD FROM THERE INTO
SW AND CENTRAL IA WITH INCREASING SNOW RATES THERE.   BAROCLINIC LEAF
SPREADING OUT NE FROM SW AND C IA...SO CONCERN FOR LATER THIS EVENING
WILL BE E AND NE IOWA AND LATER TONIGHT SPILLING INTO SW WISCONSIN.
RIGHT DOWN DEEP MOISTURE IN THE FORM OF MAX PW MOISTURE PLUME EXTENDED
FROM LOUISIANA THRU W KY/S ILLINOIS AND BEING LIFTED AND ADVECTED IN
A CONVEYOR BELT FASHION BACK INTO THE BAROCLINIC LEAF AND CONVECTIVE
ELEMENT TO HELP PRODUCE THE HEAVY SNOW.
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 4326 9032 4245 8965 3951 9308 3697 9713 3827 9708
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