ZCZC NFDSPENES ALL SPENES TXZ000-OKZ000-KSZ000-NEZ000-COZ000-NMZ000- . SATELLITE PRECIPITATION ESTIMATES..DATE/TIME 12/25/07 2158Z SATELLITE ANALYSIS BRANCH/NESDIS---NPPU---TEL.301-763-8678 LATEST DATA USED: GOES-12/11 2145Z KUSSELSON . LOCATION...TEXAS...W OKLAHOMA...W KANSAS...W AND C NEBRASKA... LOCATION...C AND E COLORADO...N NEW MEXICO... . ATTN WFOS...GID...LBF...DDC...GLD...AMA...PUB...BOU...CYS...ABQ... ATTN RFCS...MBRFC...ABRFC...WGRFC... . EVENT...SNOW WITH BAROCLINIC LEAF AND UPPER LEVEL LOW/TROUGH . SATELLITE ANALYSIS AND TRENDS...BIG PICTURE ON WATER VAPOR HAD UPPER LEVEL LOW CONTINUING TO DROP SE INTO NW NM...BUT MAY BE TAKING ON MORE OF A ESE AS OPPOSED TO SSE MOVEMENT AS PREVIOUS 24HRS. IN ANY CASE VIGOROUS DYNAMICS WITH LOW AND CONTRIBUTING UPLIFT WITH MOUNTAINS AND ANY SOLAR RADIATION IN NM HELPING IGNITE CONVECTIVE LOOKING BANDS/CELLS ACROSS CENTRAL AND N CENTRAL TO NE NM. THIS SHOULD TRANSLATE INTO PRETTY DRAMATIC INCR IN SNOW FOR N CENTRAL AND NE NM WHERE RATES COULD REACH 1 INCH PER HR..ESPECIALLY HIGHER SPOTS THRU THIS EVENING. COOLING TOPS NOTED S CENTRAL CO IN DEFORMATION AREA TO THE NORTHEAST OF LOW AND LOCAL HVY SNOW (1 INCH PER HR) CAN BE EXPECTED THERE THRU THIS EVENING...IE CENTERED ON SAGUACHE/FREMONT/RIO GRANDE COUNTY. THIS CAN TRANSLATE EAST INTO SE PART OF CO THIS EVENING. FURTHER NORTH...IT IS THE BAROCLINIC LEAF CLOUD SIGNATURE FOR WINTER SNOW STORMS STRETCHING FROM CENTRAL AND E CENTRAL COLORADO NORTHEAST THRU C NEBRASKA. WITH UPPER LOW OVER NW NM NOW MOVING A LITTLE MORE EAST...WOULD EXPECT THIS PART OF THE BAND TO BEGIN TO DRIFT A LITTLE MORE QUICKLY EAST. BUT STILL STEADY LIGHT/OCCASIONAL MDT SNOW EXPECT WITH COOLER TOPS ALONG SOUTHERN AND EASTERN EDGE OF ENHANCED CLOUDS WITH LEAF FROM C NEBRASKA BACK TO E CENTRAL COLORADO AND ACROSS S CENTRAL CO WHERE RAPID COOLING OCCURRING IN COUNTIES MENTIONED EARLIER. WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR... . SEE NCEP HPC DISCUSSION AND QPF/S FOR FORECAST. ....NESDIS IS A MEMBER OF 12 PLANET.... . SSD/SAB WEB ADDRESS FOR PRECIP ESTIMATES: HTTP://WWW.SSD.NOAA.GOV/PS/PCPN/ ...ALL LOWER CASE EXCEPT /PS/PCPN/ . LAT...LON 4213 10158 4155 9891 3417 10442 3451 10695 3851 10597 . NNNN