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SATELLITE PRECIPITATION ESTIMATES..DATE/TIME 01/05/08 1608Z
SATELLITE ANALYSIS BRANCH/NESDIS---NPPU---TEL.301-763-8678
LATEST DATA USED: GOES-11 1600Z KUSSELSON
NOAA AMSU:1037Z/1304Z  DMSP SSMI:1255Z
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LOCATION...W AND C COLORADO...NW NEW MEXICO...N AND C ARIZONA...UTAH...
LOCATION...W WYOMING...S NEVADA...S CALIFORNIA...
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ATTN WFOS...ABQ...GJT...FGZ...SLC...PSR...VEF...SGX...
ATTN RFCS...CBRFC...CNRFC...
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EVENT...MOSTLY OROGRAPHIC PRECIPITATION WITH CURRENT STORM...
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SATELLITE ANALYSIS AND TRENDS...EXCEPT FOR OROGRAPHIC AREAS AND UPSLOPE
MOUNTAINS AREAS...SOUTHERN CA PRECIP JUST ABOUT WINDING DOWN...EVEN
THOUGH STILL SOME ENHANCED COOLER CLOUDS JUST OFFSHORE.  BULK OF FRONT NOW
PRESSING EAST OF SW CA...BAROCLINIC LEAF CONTINUES EAST AND SE...JET MAX
SHIFTING WELL EAST AND SOME SHORT WAVE RIDGING BETWEEN HIGH LEVEL TROUGH
MOVING THRU S CA AND WEAK RIDGING OFFSHORE AHEAD OF SHORT WAVES MOVING
INTO AND APPROACHING N AND CENTRAL CA.  AND ON TOP OF THAT CENTER OF PW
PLUME SHIFTING S AND SE INTO N BAJA AND W/NW AZ AND S UT.  ANY OROGRAPHIC
PRECIP SHOULD BE DECREASING S NV...SAME DEAL AS S CA.  STILL GOOD MOIST
FLOW AND OROGRAPHICS TO GIVE STEADY MODERATE TO HVY PRECIP S UT AND N
AZ AND GRADUALLY INCREASING CENTRAL AZ MOUNTAINS/OROGRAPHIC LIFT AREAS
AS CENTER OF MOIST PW PLUME CONTINUES TO EITHER APPROACH OR MOVE THRU.
PW MOISTURE HAS QUITE A LARGE 200 PERCENT OR GREATER ABOVE NORMAL
ANOMALY AS PER HTTP://AMSU.CIRA.COLORADOSTATE.EDU/GPSTPW ALL LOWER CASE
THAT COVERED INLAND AREAS AND AS FAR WEST AS NW NM...W HALF OF CO AND
W WY AND MOST OF UT...SO SAFE TO SAY OROGRAPHIC AREAS THESE AREAS WILL
CONTINUE WITH HVY PRECIPITATION DRIER AIR/LOWER PWS FROM N AND C NV...C
CA TRY TO MOVE INTO 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 3834 10740 3332 11095 3222 11768 3315 11799 3782 11203
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