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SATELLITE PRECIPITATION ESTIMATES..DATE/TIME 01/17/08 1613Z
SATELLITE ANALYSIS BRANCH/NESDIS---NPPU---TEL.301-763-8678
LATEST DATA USED: GOES-12 1600Z KUSSELSON
QUIKSCAT:  0920Z DMSP SSMI/S: 1345Z  DMSP SSMI:1219Z  NASA AMSR-E:0610Z
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LOCATION...NEW JERSEY...PENNSYLVANIA...DELAWARE...MARYLAND...
LOCATION...VIRGINIA...DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA...WEST VIRGINIA...
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ATTN WFOS...PHI...AKQ...CTP...LWX...RNK...PBZ...RLX...
ATTN RFCS...MARFC...OHRFC...
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EVENT...BAROCLINIC LEAF SNOWS
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SATELLITE ANALYSIS AND TRENDS...BIG PICTURE CONTINUED TO SHOW EASTERN
OHIO VALLEY VORT LIFTING NORTH NOW INTO SE OHIO/W CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA.
VORT TROUGH SWINGING NORTH AND NE WITH VORT THRU WESTERN PORTION OF WEST
VIRGINIA AND EXT SW VA AND FAR WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA.  SUBTROPICAL JET
CONTINUES NOSING FROM THE SOUTHWEST ACROSS C/N GA...SC AND C NORTH
CAROLINA.  BEST MOISTURE PLUME FAR TO THE SOUTH ACROSS CENTRAL FLORIDA
WITH BEST MOISTURE TRANSPORT FROM THERE INTO E
NORTH CAROLINA AND STRAIGHT NORTH INTO THE MID-ATLANTIC.
BAROLCLINIC LEAF STILL WELL DEFINED WITH SOUTHERN EDGE OF COOLER
CLOUD TOPS ENHANCING/COOLING IN A MORE ORGANIZED FASHION SINCE LAST
MESSAGE...ESPECIALLY ACROSS NORTHERN THIRD OF VIRGINIA TO S DELAWARE.
VORT TROUGH WESTERN WEST VIRGINIA WILL CONTINUE TO ACT ON MOISTURE
TRANSPORT AND CONTINUE COOLING CELLS/HVY SNOW BURSTS ORIENTED W TO E
IN FLOW THAT CAN CONTINUE MODERATE TO HVY SNOW BURSTS ACROSS N VA THRU THE
DC METRO AREA AND CENTRAL AND NORTHERN MD AND GRADUALLY WORK NORTHWARD AS
VORT TROUGH IN WEST VIRGINIA WORKS NEWD.  SSMI WINDS...OBSERVATIONS AND
QUIKSCAT ALL SHOW CENTER OF HIGH OFFSHORE SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND THAT WOULD
ALLOW DEEPER MOISTURE TRANSPORT FROM SOUTH TO AT LEAST MOVE INTO SOUTHERN
AND CENTRAL MID-ATLANTIC FROM SOUTH TO NORTH DURING THE AFTERNOON.
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 4027 8011 3994 7496 3858 7607 3782 8014
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