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SATELLITE PRECIPITATION ESTIMATES..DATE/TIME 01/06/08 1645Z
SATELLITE ANALYSIS BRANCH/NESDIS---NPPU---TEL.301-763-8678
LATEST DATA USED: GOES-11 1615Z KUSSELSON
NOAA AMSU: 1208Z/1421Z DMSP SSMI:13Z  NASA AMSR-E:1028Z/1207Z
CLOUDSAT RADAR IMAGE FROM
http://www.cloudsat.cira.colostate.edu/Current_Quicklook.php
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LOCATION...CALIFORNIA...SW OREGON...
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ATTN WFOS...VEF...SGX...REV...HNX...LOX...MFR...STO...MTR...EKA...
ATTN RFCS...NWRFC...CNRFC...
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EVENT...TRACKABLE HIGHER MOISTURE JUST OFFSHORE S CA AND GETTING TO
INTERACT WITH SHARPENING TROUGH...
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SATELLITE ANALYSIS AND TRENDS...RECENT CLOUDSAT RADAR SHOWING
CONCENTRATED BLOB OF TRACKABLE MOISTURE OFF S CA COAST HAVING TOPS AS
HIGH AS 25000-30000 FEET WITH CONCENTRATION OF MOST INTENSE PRECIP AT
CLOSE TO THE 12-17000 FOOT LEVEL.  THIS IS THE BLOB OF MOISTURE THAT
06Z MODEL RUNS WERE HAVING HARD TIME INTIALIZING AND HAD PWS AS HIGH AS
1.2" ON AMSR-E AND 1.0" ON AMSU PASS BACK AT 1026Z.  THIS FEATURE HAS
BEEN TRACKABLE ON GOES IR BEING BACK AT 35N/140W YESTERDAY AT 18Z AND
NOW CENTERED AT 34N/124W.  HARD THING IS FIGURING OUT ITS INTERACTION
WITH SLOW DEEPENING OF NEGATIVE TILTING VORT/TROUGH FROM NEAR 45N/130W
TO 40N/129W AND SSE FROM THERE.  14Z SATELLITE WINDS SHOWED JET AXIS
51N/145W TO 41N/135W AND THEN NOSING SE AND EAST TO JUST OFFSHORE S CA.
DARKENED AREA ON WATER VAPOR AT 42N/134W CONSISTENT WITH EAST DRIFT
OF JET AXIS AND STRONG WINDS COMING INTO BACK SIDE OF TROUGH FOR
CONTINUED DEEPENING/SHARPENING SOMEWHAT OF NEGATIVE TILTED TROUGH.
RIDGE NOT BUILDING ANYMORE UPSTREAM...BUT AFFECTS OF JET ON CURRENT
TROUGH STILL NEED TO WORK THRU THE SYSTEM OFFSHORE.  LATEST 1421Z AMSU
PASS JUST OFF PRESSES NOW SHOWED PW MAX HAD REACHED 32.5N/126.5W...JUST
SLIGHTLY SOUTH OF TRACKABLE FEATURE MENTIONED ABOVE AND VERY MUCH IN
LINE WITH CHARACTERISTIC POSITION OF THE BEST MOISTURE WITH BAROCLINIC
LEAF SIGNATURE OFFSHORE CONTINUING TO SPREAD PRECIP TOWARD THE SAN LUIS
OBISPO/SANTA BARBARA AND SOUTHWARD COASTS OF S CA.
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 4279 12219 3287 11640 3172 11856 4155 12523
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