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SATELLITE PRECIPITATION ESTIMATES..DATE/TIME 01/23/08 0538Z
SATELLITE ANALYSIS BRANCH/NESDIS---NPPU---TEL.301-763-8678
LATEST DATA USED: G12  0515Z  CK
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LOCATION...W NEW YORK...
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ATTN WFOS...BGM...BUF...
ATTN RFCS...NERFC...
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EVENT...LAKE ONTARIO LES
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SATELLITE ANALYSIS AND TRENDS...OVER PAST COUPLE OF HRS ENHANCED LES BAND
HAS BEEN INCRG OVER LAKE ONTARIO..AND EXTENDS ACRS OSWEGO COUNTY INTO
ONEIDA AND LEWIS COUNTIES. CLOUD TOPS HAVE BEEN STEADILY COOLING..WITH
THE COOLEST TOPS N OF WAYNE COUNTY AND OVER OSWEGO COUNTY. CT TEMPS ARE
AROUND -23C..WHICH IS ALSO AT LAKE INDUCED EQUIL TEMP LVL.
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LOOKING AT 03Z RUC..SHOWS 850MB AND 700 MB DELTA T'S IN THE MODERATE LES
CATEGORY. RUC ALSO FORECASTING BOUNDARY LAYER DEPTH DURING THE OVERNIGHT
HRS AROUND 3KM.  BASED ON THESE VERY FAVORABLE PARAMETERS.. AS WELL AS
CORRESPONDINGLY FAVORABLE/ONGOING STLT TRENDS..WOULD ESTIMATE MOD TO
HVY SNOW ACRS PARTS OF THE ABOVE-MENTIONED COUNTIES TO CONTINUE..ESP
OSWEGO. WITH UPSTREAM SFC OBS SHOWING MORE OF A SWRLY FLOW AND MODEL
FORECASTING SOME SWRLY FLOW AS WELL INVOF ERN LAKE ONTARIO..SUGGESTS
SOME MOD/HVY SNOW MAY EVENTUALLY DRIFT INTO SRN JEFFERSON COUNTY AS WELL.
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STLT EST TECHNIQUE CURRENTLY ESTIMATES SNOWFALL RATES AROUND 1"/HR..OR
MORE.
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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 4381 7545 4323 7545 4335 7685 4381 7672
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