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SATELLITE PRECIPITATION ESTIMATES..DATE/TIME 01/26/08 1000Z
SATELLITE ANALYSIS BRANCH/NESDIS---NPPU---TEL.301-763-8678
LATEST DATA USED: G12  0930Z  CK
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LOCATION...N CALIFORNIA...
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ATTN WFOS...MFR...STO...MTR...EKA...
ATTN RFCS...CNRFC...
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EVENT...UPDATE...BAROCLINIC BAND PIVOTING WWD..CLOUD TOPS WARMING
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SATELLITE ANALYSIS AND TRENDS...CIRC CENTER NR 35N 132W HAS BEEN MOVG SWWD
AS UPPR TROF TO THE NE OF CIRC PIVOTS WWD AWAY FM N CA COAST.. RESULTING
IN WWD DRIFT OF BAROCLINIC BAND AND WARMING OF CLOUD TOPS OVER N CA. IN
RESPONSE..RAINFALL HAS CONTINUED TO DECR FM S TO N IN COVERAGE AND
INTENSITY. AS THE OVERNIGHT PROGRESSES..AXIS OF MOD PRECIP WILL CONTINUE
TO SHIFT FURTHER N AND NW..WITH OVERALL DECR OF COVERAGE AREA OF MOD
PRECIP. ATTM..THE COOLEST CLOUD TOPS HAVE NOW SHIFTED TO HUMBOLDT/N
MENDOCINO COUNTIES AND OFFSHORE.
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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 4165 12569 4150 12263 3935 12149 3702 12313
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