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SATELLITE PRECIPITATION ESTIMATES..DATE/TIME 01/26/08 0436Z
SATELLITE ANALYSIS BRANCH/NESDIS---NPPU---TEL.301-763-8678
LATEST DATA USED: G11  0415Z  CK
DMSP SSMI: 0000Z-0230Z  NOAA AMSU: 0024-0205Z
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LOCATION...NRN/CENTRAL CALIFORNIA...
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ATTN WFOS...HNX...MFR...STO...MTR...EKA...
ATTN RFCS...CNRFC...
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EVENT...FRONTAL BAND WITH MOD/HVY PRECIP CONTINUES TO ENHANCE
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SATELLITE ANALYSIS AND TRENDS...MICROWAVE DATA...MICROWAVE TPW IMAGERY
ANIMATIONS SHOWS THAT PW PLUME EXTENDING FM SFO BAY/CENTRAL CA COAST
SWWD TO 24N W OF 140W HAS STEADILY INCRD IN EXTENT AND MAGNITUDE DURING
THE DAY AND THIS EVE. IT HAS BECOME MORE SW-NE WITH TIME..WITH PW VALUES
RANGING UP TO BTWN 0.8-1".  RAIN RATES WERE GENERALLY IN THE 0.1-0.2"/HR
RANGE..BUT GOES IMAGERY AND THE HYDROESTIMATOR INDICATE SOME HIGHER 1
HR MAXES.
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SATELLITE ANALYSIS AND TRENDS...GOES 11...SEVERAL THINGS NOTICEABLE IN
THE PAST FEW HRS. ONE..IS THE RETROGRESSION/WWD DRIFT OF CIRC NR 36.6N
131W AND THE INCRD ELONGATION OF THE ASSOCD TROF. THIS RETROGRESSION
AND SW-NE ELONGATION HAS ALLOWED FOR SOME NWD DRIFT OF BAROCLINIC BAND
AS WELL AS INCRD DIFFLUENCE ALONG N CA COASTAL. COOLING CLOUD TOPS THERE
IS LIKELY IN RESPONSE TO INCRG UPWARD MOTION PER UPPR DIFFLUENCE AS WELL
AS SW-NE JET STREAK FEEDING ACRS N COAST.
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COOLING CLOUD TOPS SUGGEST THAT..OVERALL..MOD/HVY PRECIP RATES
CONTINUE. HOWEVER..NWD DRIFT OF BAND AS WELL AS EROSION OF MID/HIGH
CLOUDS S OF SFO BAY INDICATE THAT RAINFALL INTENSITY WILL BEGIN TO DECR
FM S TO N AS THE NIGHT TIME HRS PROGRESS. SO..WOULD EXPECT MOD TO HVY
RAIN TO CONTINUE IN THE SHORT TERM INVOF OF SFO BAY REGION AND THEN DECR
LATER OVERNIGHT. FURTHER N..N OF SFO BAY AND OVER INTERIOR SECTIONS OF
NRN CA..STLT TRENDS INDICATE MOD/HVY PRECIP WILL CONTINUE THROUGHOUT
THE OVERNIGHT PERIOD.
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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 4163 12594 4158 12183 3963 12155 3682 12095 3643 12316
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