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SATELLITE PRECIPITATION ESTIMATES..DATE/TIME 01/14/08 2031Z
SATELLITE ANALYSIS BRANCH/NESDIS---NPPU---TEL.301-763-8678
LATEST DATA USED: G12  2115Z  CK
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LOCATION...MAINE...
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ATTN WFOS...CAR...GYX...
ATTN RFCS...NERFC...
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EVENT...REGENERATION OF COOLING CLOUD TOPS ASSCD WITH VORT NR PWM
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SATELLITE ANALYSIS AND TRENDS...IR IMAGERY WITH WARM TOP ENHANCEMENT
SHOWS CLOUD COOLING OFFSHORE..S OF THE COAST FM PWM TO BHB. THIS SUGGESTS
FURTHER INCR IN EXTENT OF MOD/HVY SNOW COVERAGE..AND IS IN RESPONSE TO
WELL DEFINED VORT CENTERED NR PWM WITH VORT LOBE EXTENDING SEWD. WV AND IR
IMAGERY INDICATE VORT LOBE EXTENDS APPX 160 MI SEWD FM VORT. VORT AND LOBE
ARE MOVG NE..WITH IMAGERY ANIMATION INDICATING THAT THE VORT HAS BECOME
BETTER DEFINED WITH TIME..THAT IS..SHOWING MORE CURVATURE. COOLING CLOUD
TOPS OFFSHORE ARE INDICATIVE OF INCRG LIFT ASSOCD WITH VORT/LOBE..AND WITH
UPPR DIFFLUENCE PER G12 WV IMAGERY ANIMATION AND STLT WINDS. CLOUD TOP
COOLING HAS ALSO BEEN OCCURRING WELL INLAND..THRU INTERIOR SECTIONS OF ME.
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AS MENTIONED ABOVE..VORT LOBE IS PROGRESSING NEWD. HOWEVER..WITH
NW-SE EXTENSION OF COOLING CLOUD TOPS EXTENDING WELL OFFSHORE..AHEAD OF
LOBE..SEVERAL HRS OF MOD/HVY SNOW WITHIN THE AREA FM LINCOLN TO WASHINGTON
TO AROOSTOOK TO PISCATQUIS COUNTIES..DECRG OVER SW PART OF THIS AREA OVER
THE NEXT 1-2 HRS HRS. WITH LATEST COOLING CLOUD TOP TRENDS..AS WELL AS
EXPERIMENTAL GOES DENDRITIC SNOW GROWTH PRODUCT SHOWING COLOCATION OF
FAVORED DENDRITIC SNOW GROWTH LAYER COLOCATED WITH MAX SATURATED ASCENT
FOCUSED FM NE OF RKD THRU INTERIOR NEWD TO AROOSTOOK TO WASHINGTON
COUNTIES..WOULD EXPECT SNOW RATES RANGING UP TO BTWN 1-2" AT TIMES.
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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 4683 6721 4445 6658 4336 7036 4516 6987
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