ZCZC NFDSPENES ALL SPENES NJZ000-PAZ000-DEZ000-MDZ000-WVZ000-VAZ000 . SATELLITE PRECIPITATION ESTIMATES..DATE/TIME 01/17/08 1754Z SATELLITE ANALYSIS BRANCH/NESDIS---NPPU---TEL.301-763-8678 LATEST DATA USED: GOES-12 1730Z KUSSELSON DMSP SSMI: 1219Z/1257Z NOAA AMSU:1136Z NASA TRMM:1510Z . LOCATION...NEW JERSEY...PENNSYLVANIA...DELAWARE...MARYLAND... LOCATION...WEST VIRGINIA...N VIRGINIA... . ATTN WFOS...PHI...BGM...CTP...LWX...PBZ... ATTN RFCS...MARFC...OHRFC... . EVENT...BAROCLINIC LEAF LIFTING NORTH...STEADIEST AND HVYST SNOW LIFTING NORTH AS WELL... . SATELLITE ANALYSIS AND TRENDS...WATER VAPOR LOOP NOW SHOWED UPPER LEVEL VORT LIFING NE INTO W PA WITH VORT TROUGH SWINGING THRU C WV... INTERIOR SW VA AND W NC. SUBTROPICAL JET NOSING A BIT NORTH ACROSS NORTH CAROLINA AND S VA. ALL THESE ITEMS WILL HELP CONTINUE TO LIFT BAROCLINIC LEAF SNOWS NORTH AND NE ACROSS MID-ATLANTIC. HVYST BURSTS OCCURRING FAR VA/C AND N MD...INTERIOR SW TO S CENTRAL PA AS CONFLUENCE OF VORT TROUGH, JET AND BEST MOISTURE TRANSPORT NOW FROM E CAROLINAS INTO MD AND S PA ALL COME TOGETHER AND SHIFT NORTH AND NE. LATEST TRMM MICROWAVE CHANNEL WOULD SUGGEST LOW PRESSURE JUST OFF THE GA/S SC COAST AND LIFTING NE...CONTINUED MOISTURE TRANSPORT INTO MID-ATLANTIC WILL GRADUALLY CHANGE SNOW TO RAIN DC AREA FROM SOUTH TO NORTH AS THE AFTERNOON PROGRESSES. 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 4159 7691 4089 7441 3983 7471 3908 7693 4050 7993 . NNNN