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SATELLITE PRECIPITATION ESTIMATES..DATE/TIME 01/25/08 1559Z
SATELLITE ANALYSIS BRANCH/NESDIS---NPPU---TEL.301-763-8678
LATEST DATA USED: GOES-11 1545Z KUSSELSON
DMSP SSMI:1307Z NOAA AMSU:1029Z/1326Z
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LOCATION...S CALIFORNIA...
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ATTN WFOS...SGX...LOX...
ATTN RFCS...CNRFC...
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EVENT...LOW TOP/WARM CLOUD TOP HVY RAINS...
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SATELLITE ANALYSIS AND TRENDS...SEPARATE MOISTURE MAX THAT NOW HAS VALUES
LESS THAN FRONTAL BAND TO THE NORTH...HAS BEEN SITTING OVER THE CENTRAL
PORTION OF S CA SINCE YESTERDAY AFTERNOON.  PW VALUES NOW ABOUT 0.6"-0.7"
DEPENDING ON SATELLITE SENSOR.  MICROWAVE OF NO HELP IN DELINEATING RAIN
RATE WITH THIS LOW TOP/WARM CLOUD TOP (CLOUD TOP TEMPS MAINLY WARMER
THAN -22C).  LATEST COOLER TOP OVER WESTERN HALF OF LA COINTY INTO EXT
SW SAN BERNARDINO AND EASTERN TWO THIRDS OF VENTURA BUT COOLEST CLOUD
TOP NEAR EQUILIBRIUM LEVEL TEMP OF VANDENBURG 12Z SOUNDING...SO GOT TO
BELIEVE HEAVY RAIN OCCURING IN THESE AREAS AND WILL CONTINUE AS THESE
LUMPY CLOUDS ON VIS AND COOLER WARM TOPS ON IR CONTINUE TO DRIFT NW.
AND STILL A NARROW FEEDER BAND OF SUBTROPICAL MOISTURE COMING IN FROM
SOUTH WITH MID LEVEL MOISTURE COMING IN FROM SW FROM LEADING EDGE OF
FRONTAL BAND THAT COULD ADD MOISTURE TO VENTURA...LA AND SW SAN BERNARDINO
CURRENT MODERATE TO HVY RAINS.    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 3465 11848 3337 11696 3284 11752 3285 11799 3340 11874
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