ZCZC NFDSPENES ALL SPENES MAZ000-RIZ000-VTZ000-CTZ000-NYZ000-NJZ000-PAZ000-DEZ000-MDZ000- VAZ000- . SATELLITE PRECIPITATION ESTIMATES..DATE/TIME 01/17/07 2233Z SATELLITE ANALYSIS BRANCH/NESDIS---NPPU---TEL.301-763-8678 LATEST DATA USED: GOES-12: 2215Z DS . LOCATION...MASSACHUSETTS...RHODE ISLAND...S VERMONT...CONNECTICUT... LOCATION...NEW YORK...NEW JERSEY...E PENNSYLVANIA...DELAWARE... LOCATION...MARYLAND...N VIRGINIA... . ATTN WFOS...BOX...OKX...ALY...PHI...BGM...AKQ...CTP...LWX... ATTN RFCS...NERFC...MARFC... . RESENT FOR CORRECTIONS . EVENT...MOD/HVY SNOW CONTINUES TO LIFT NEWD . SATELLITE ANALYSIS AND TRENDS...WITH LIFTING S/WV TROF ACROSS THE MIDATLANTIC REGION AND S/WV MOISTURE SEEN MOVING INTO THE NE..MOD/HVY SNOWS ARE LIFTING N OUT OF MD/PA TWDS CENTRAL AND SE NY/CT/MA. AXIS OF UPPER LVL JET IS SEEN ALIGNED FROM AR/W TN AREA TO SW PA/W MD/N WV AREA. IN ADDITION..850 FLOW SHOWN BY AREA VWP IS BRINGING IN ENOUGH MOISTURE TO COMBINE WITH THE UPPER LVL DIFFLUENCE FOR HEAVIER SNOW RATES ON TAIL END OF BAROCLINIC LEAF..THIS AREA IS NOW ACROSS EXTREME ERN PA/PARTS OF NJ/AND SE NY. EXPECT THAT THERE COULD BE 1"/HR SNOWFALL RATES STILL EMBEDDED WITHIN THE NEWD MOVING PRECIP THOUGH BELIEVE THIS THREAT WILL BE DIMINISHING AS THE EVENING CONTINUES. LAST FEW VIS IMAGES PRIOR TO DARKNESS SHOWED SOME HIGHER CLOUD TOPS ACROSS S CENTRAL NY/NE AND SE PA/EXTENDING INTO MD/DC AREA WHERE THE REMAINING BETTER MOISTURE IS LOCATED. CHANGEOVER TO RAIN FOR THE DC/BALT AREA IS NEARLY COMPLETE WITH MOST AREAS SE OF WASHINGTON/FREDERICK/CARROLL COUNTIES IN MD NO LONGER REPORTING SNOW/MIXED PRECIP. UNTIL THE AREAS TO THE NE CHANGEOVER THOUGH..BELIEVE WILL SEE A STRIPE OF HEAVIER SNOW FROM SE NY..N OF NYC..THROUGH W NJ TO THE PHILADELPHIA AREA. DRIER AIR TO THE W IS STARTING TO EAT AWAY AT THE MOISTURE THOUGH SO IT SHOULD NOT LAST VERY LONG. 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 4326 7513 4143 6910 3708 7489 4074 7864 . NNNN