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SATELLITE PRECIPITATION ESTIMATES..DATE/TIME 01/19/08 0029Z
SATELLITE ANALYSIS BRANCH/NESDIS---NPPU---TEL.301-763-8678
LATEST DATA USED: GOES-12 0015Z KUSSELSON
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LOCATION...CENTRAL NEW YORK...
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ATTN WFOS...BGM...BUF...
ATTN RFCS...NERFC...
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EVENT...LAKE SNOWS OFF ONTARIO...
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SATELLITE ANALYSIS AND TRENDS...ORIENTATION OF LAKE PLUME HAS RECENTLY
BECOME A LITTLE MORE FAVORABLE FOR LONGER FETCH FROM CENTRAL LK ONTARIO
INTO S JEFFERSONN AND N OSWEGO COUNTY.  AS THE NARROW PLUME OVER THE
LAKE HAS BECOME LONGER AND MORE ORIENTED W TO E THE CENTER OF SNOW SQUALL
BAND JUST INLAND FROM THE LAKE HAS SHIFTED SOUTH AND AWAY FROM
N OSWEGO/S JFFFERSON WAS FANNING OUT AND ENHANCING FURTHER ACROSS N TO
C LEWIS COUNTY.  COLDEST CLOUD TOP TEMP WAS -20C THAT PEAKED BETWEEN
2215 AND 2315Z WITH SLIGHT WARMING AT 2345Z-0015Z.   IT ALSO APPEARS
LIKE TWO NARROW PLUMES ARE OVER THE LAKE...THE NORTHERN ONE MERGERS WITH
THE CENTRAL ONE OVER THE EASTERN PORTION OF THE LAKE AND MAYBE HELPING
FURTHER ENHANCE SNOWFALL.  THOUGH PLUME IS OBSERVED...THERE ARE A NUMBER
OF FEATURES LIKE VERTICAL VELOCITY...NO REAL UPPER LEVEL  FORCING AND
WEAK SURFACE RIDGING THAT ARE PROBABLY HURTING THIS PLUME FROM REACHING
ITS FULL POTENTIAL.  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 4388 7761 4385 7567 4345 7578 4350 7777 4370 7819
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