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SATELLITE PRECIPITATION ESTIMATES..DATE/TIME 01/23/08 0321Z
SATELLITE ANALYSIS BRANCH/NESDIS---NPPU---TEL.301-763-8678
LATEST DATA USED: GOES-11: 0300Z		DS
SSMI: 0053Z/0122Z  AMSU: 0136Z
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LOCATION...CALIFORNIA...
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ATTN WFOS...HNX...LOX...STO...MTR...
ATTN RFCS...CNRFC...
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EVENT...STEADY PRECIP CONTINUES FROM UPPER LOW OFF COAST
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SATELLITE ANALYSIS AND TRENDS...CUT OFF UPPER LOW IS BECOMING MORE
ELONGATED OFF THE CA COAST AS ADDITIONAL S/WV ENERGY SEEN ON WV IMAGERY
DROPS IN BEHIND IT..STARTING TO PUSH THE SWD END OF UPPER LOW TO THE
SSE. ENERGY DROPPING SWWD OUT OF BC/PAC NW SHOULD ALSO HELP TO GIVE
THE UPPER LOW A NUDGE TO THE S OVER THE NEXT 24 HRS. MULTIPLE SMALLER
VORTS AND S/WVS CAN BE SEEN ROTATING ABOUT THE MIDLVL CENTER THAT IS
CAUSING A TRAINING EFFECT OF CELLS AS THE INFLOW BAND HAS SHOWN LITTLE
MOVEMENT FOR QUITE A WHILE NOW AND IF BETTER MOISTURE WAS AVAILABLE WOULD
CERTAINLY BE CAUSING MORE PROBLEMS. LATEST POLAR PASSES SHOW 0.5-0.7"
WITHIN THE INFLOW BAND WITH THE SSMI BEING MORE RECENT AND HIGHER OF THE
TWO INSTRUMENTS..MORE COMPARABLE WITH VBG 0.74" PW FROM 00Z SOUNDING AND
GOES SOUNDER VALUES. SATL WINDS CONTINUE TO INDICATE 25-30 KTS OF SSWRLY
LOW LVL FLOW AND 35-40 KTS MID LVL FLOW INTO SAN LUIS OBISPO/MONTEREY
COUNTIES. CELLS WITH LGT TO MOD RAINFALL HAVE BEEN TRAINING OVER THIS AREA
INTO THE NRN SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY/WRN EDGE OF THE CENTRAL SIERRAS/AND PART
OF THE SACRAMENTO VALLEY. EXPECT MORE OF A SRLY FLOW TO PERSIST OVERNIGHT
RATHER THAN SWRLY AS THE SRN PART OF THE UPPER LOW DROP SEWD ORIENTING
THE WEAK MOISTURE PLUME MORE S-N. BEST CHANCE FOR ANY FF PROBLEMS STILL
APPEARS TO BE TOMORROW THOUGH AS LOW MOVES SEWD AFFECTING BURN AREAS
OF SRN CA. SEE WEB ADDRESS FOR GRAPHIC IN ABOUT 10 MIN. 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 3928 12058 3547 11849 3374 12054 3831 12353
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