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SATELLITE PRECIPITATION ESTIMATES..DATE/TIME 01/22/08 0313Z
SATELLITE ANALYSIS BRANCH/NESDIS---NPPU---TEL.301-763-8678
LATEST DATA USED: GOES-11: 0300Z		DS
DMSP SSMI: 0107Z
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LOCATION...N/CENTRAL CALIFORNIA...
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ATTN WFOS...REV...HNX...STO...MTR...EKA...
ATTN RFCS...CNRFC...
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EVENT...
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SATELLITE ANALYSIS AND TRENDS...UPPER LOW APPEARS TO BE SLOWING PER
LATEST WV IMAGERY AS IT ROTATES SWD ALONG THE N CA COAST. S/WV CAN BE
SEEN PASSING OVER THE CENTRAL CA COASTLINE OVER THE PAST FEW HRS WHICH
HAS ALLOWED FOR A SLIGHT ENHANCEMENT TO CELLS OVER THE SACRAMENTO VLY
AND THE AREA BETWEEN SF BAY/MTRY BAY. SSMI PASS SHOWED QUITE A BIT OF
DRY AIR WITH THE UPPER LOW..THOUGH WITH THE ONSHORE FLOW INTO HIGHER
TERRAIN ENOUGH TO PRODUCE CONTINUOUS MOD PRECIP. PW VALUES OFFSHORE WERE
0.3-0.45" OFFSHORE OF N CA AND 0.52" JUST W OF KMRY AND S/SW OF THAT. GOES
SOUNDER PW VALUES WERE COMPARABLE TO THE SSMI PASS ALONG WITH THE 0.5"
VALUE SHOWN BY OAKLAND 00Z SOUNDING. SATL WINDS SHOW 15-25 KTS OF SWRLY
MID LVL FLOW INTO SF BAY AND 30 KTS WRLY MID LVL FLOW INTO THE AREA OF
KMRY. WITH THE CYCLONIC FLOW..MOISTURE IS ABLE TO REACH TO NRN SIERRAS
AS SNOW AS WELL AS THE COASTAL MTNS ON THE WRN SIDE OF THE SACRAMENTO
VLY WITH UPSLOPE FLOW ON THE VLY SIDE. DO NOT EXPECT MUCH IN THE WAY OF
HVY RAINS JUST YET AS RAINFALL RATES MOSTLY SEEM TO BE 0.1-0.25"/HR BUT
WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR AS UPPER LOW LOOKS LIKE IT WILL BE LINGERING
OFF THE COAST FOR THE NEXT FEW DAYS.
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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 4038 12104 3682 12041 3585 12250 3938 12427
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