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SATELLITE PRECIPITATION ESTIMATES..DATE/TIME 12/23/07 0253Z
SATELLITE ANALYSIS BRANCH/NESDIS---NPPU---TEL.301-763-8678
LATEST DATA USED: GOES-12 0245Z KUSSELSON
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LOCATION...WISCONSIN...W ILLINOIS...N MISSOURI...E IOWA...
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ATTN WFOS...MKX...DVN...ARX...DMX...EAX...
ATTN RFCS...NCRFC...MBRFC...
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EVENT...OLD LEAF DYING WITH SNOW DECREASING QUICKLY...NEW COMMA/LEAF
FORMING OUT AHEAD AND INCREASING PRECIP...
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SATELLITE ANALYSIS AND TRENDS...BACK EDGE OF ENHANCED CLOUDS CONTINUING
TO ERODE WITH OLD/DYING BAROCLINIC LEAF AS NEW POSSIBLE LEAF FORMING WITH
DEVELOPING COMMA OUT AHEAD ACROSS N HALF OF MO INTO S IA.  AS OLD LEAF
DIES WITH CONTINUED THINNING/WARMING OF ENHANCED CLOUDS...CAN EXPECT
DECREASING SNOW LIKE SEEN DOWN TO THE SW IN THE ICT/TOP AREA SEVERAL
HRS AGO.  NEW COMMA/LEAF WILL INCREASE PRECIP AND SNOWS ACROSS FAR N
MO NEXT FEW HRS AND CONTINUE STEADY MODERATE TO HVY SNOW INTO SE AND
E IA...WITH AN INCR IN PRECIP W IL THRU THIS EVENING AND FIRST PART
OF TONIGHT.  STILL EXPECTING THIS NEW LEAF TO INCR PRECIP NEXT FEW HRS
ACROSS SW AND C WI AND CAN EXPECT SOME INTENSE SNOW RATES IN WI TONIGHT
AS MAIN UPPER SUPPORT AND COMMA/BAROCLINIC LEAF LIFT ON TOWARD THAT AREA
DURING THE OVERNIGHT.  GOOD MOISTURE TRANSPORT FROM ALABAMA THRU
W TN TO INDIANA WILL BE CONVEYOR BELTED INTO IA AND EVENTUALLY WI TO
HELP FURTHER SUPPORT HVY PRECIP BURST AND LIFT PROVIDED BY COMMA AND
BAROCLINIC LEAF APPROACH THOSE AREAS.    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 4385 9048 4299 8958 3916 9449 4008 9528
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