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SATELLITE PRECIPITATION ESTIMATES..DATE/TIME 12/24/07 2315Z
SATELLITE ANALYSIS BRANCH/NESDIS---NPPU---TEL.301-763-8678
LATEST DATA USED: GOES-11 2300Z KUSSELSON
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LOCATION...S MONTANA...WYOMING...N UTAH...E IDAHO...
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ATTN WFOS...CYS...BYZ...RIW...SLC...PIH...
ATTN RFCS...MBRFC...CBRFC...NWRFC...
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EVENT...BAROCLINIC LEAF PRECIPITATION...
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SATELLITE ANALYSIS AND TRENDS...BIG PICTURE FROM WATER VAPOR LOOP SHOWED
UPPER TROUGH/LOW DROPPING INTO C IDAHO IN RESPONSE TO RIDGING AT 135W
AHEAD OF NEXT SYSTEM THAT WILL BE AFFECTING NORTHWEST LATER ON TUESDAY.
AHEAD OF UPPER LEVEL SWINGING THRU C IDAHO...BAROCLINIC LEAF WINTER
CLOUD SIGNATURE WAS PUSHING THRU FAR N UT...E IDAHO...NW WY AND
S CENTRAL MONTANA.  HIGHEST SNOW RATES FALLING IN E IDAHO AND MOUNTAINS
OF W WY/N UT AS LEAF PROGRESSES EAST.  MINOR LEAF IN N CENTRAL WY
AND PRODUCING LIGHTER WILL MOST LIKELY MERGER WITH LARGER LEAF LATER
THIS EVENING.  EVEN THOUGH DEEPEST MOISTURE IS BEING SHUNTED EAST INTO
THE PLAINS AND MOISTURE TRANSPORT NOT REAL GOOD...INSTABILITY FROM SHARP
UPPER TROUGH AND OROGRAPHIC LIFT SHOULD CONTINUE TO LIGHT WITH OCCASIONAL
MODERATE SNOWS BEHIND THE FRONT AS MAIN BAROCLINIC LEAF PUSHES ACROSS
NE UT THIS EVENING AND C AND E WY TONIGHT.
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 4576 10969 4536 10665 4121 10760 4119 11324 4225 11297
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