ZCZC NFDSPENES ALL SPENES WIZ000-ILZ000-MNZ000-IAZ000-NEZ000- . SATELLITE PRECIPITATION ESTIMATES..DATE/TIME 01/21/08 2329Z SATELLITE ANALYSIS BRANCH/NESDIS---NPPU---TEL.301-763-8678 LATEST DATA USED: GOES-12: 2315Z DS . LOCATION...WISCONSIN...ILLINOIS...MINNESOTA...IOWA... LOCATION...NEBRASKA... . ATTN WFOS...GRB...LOT...MKX...DVN...ARX...DMX...FSD...OAX...GID... ATTN RFCS...NCRFC...MBRFC... . RESENT FOR CORRECTION IN SECOND LINE . EVENT...INCREASING SNOWFALL RATES . SATELLITE ANALYSIS AND TRENDS...WV IMAGERY SHOWS S/WV MOVING THOUGH THE MIDWEST WITH BAROCLINIC LEAF HAVING FORMED OVER PARTS OF NE/IA/S MN/WI. PW VALUES THROUGH THE MIDWEST ARE NOT TOO BAD..AT MOST 0.25"-0.3"..ENOUGH TO PRODUCE SOME MOD TO OCCASIONALLY HVY SNOWS..PARTICULARLY WITH THE COLD TEMPS ACROSS THE REGION. LATEST SFC ANALYSIS INDICATES SFC LOW IN NW CORNER OF MO WITH A STNRY FRNT CROSSING SRN IA FROM SW/NE. THETA-E ADV INTO CENTRAL IA WRAPPING AROUND THE LOW SHOULD PRODUCE INCREASING SNOW RATES ACROSS THE STATE TO BUILD SWWD FROM THE ALREADY MOD/HVY SNOW RATES OCCURRING IN S WI. BELIEVE THIS HEAVIER AREA OF SNOW WILL OCCUR FROM SW WI INTO E CENTRAL NE OVER THE NEXT FEW HRS. CERTAINLY POSSIBLE FOR 1-2"/HR SNOW RATES TO OCCUR SWWD INTO THIS AREA AS HAS ALREADY BEEN SEEN IN PARTS OF SRN WI WITH THE INCREASING LOW LVL CNVG FROM THE NEWD MOVING SFC LOW. SEE WEB ADDRESS IN ABOUT 5-10 MIN FOR GRAPHIC. . 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 4406 8862 4267 8748 4029 9744 4162 9782 . NNNN