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SATELLITE PRECIPITATION ESTIMATES..DATE/TIME  01/27/08 0743Z
SATELLITE ANALYSIS BRANCH/NESDIS---NPPU---TEL.301-763-8678
LATEST DATA USED: GOES-11: 0700Z		DS
DMSP SSMI: 0216Z    NOAA AMSU: 0408Z
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LOCATION...CALIFORNIA...
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ATTN WFOS...PSR...VEF...SGX...HNX...LOX...MTR...
ATTN RFCS...CBRFC...CNRFC...
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EVENT...INCREASING RAINFALL RATES ACROSS CA
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SATELLITE ANALYSIS AND TRENDS...UPPER LOW WRAPPING UP INTO THE SRN CA
COAST CONTINUES TO PRODUCE MOD/HVY RAINS..ESPECIALLY ALONG S FACING
TERRAIN OF SANTA BARBARA/VENTURA/LOS ANGELES COUNTIES. WV SHOWS MAIN
VORT/SHORT WAVE TROF IS NOW CENTERED NEAR 33N/128W AND CONTINUING ITS NEWD
LIFT INTO THE CENTRAL CA COASTLINE. WELL DEFINED DRY SLOT IS SEEN JUST
S/E OF THIS ENERGY WHICH HAD PW VALUES OF 0.4-0.6" WHEN 02Z SSMI PASSED
OVER..THIS DRIER AIR SHOULD NOT BE FAR OFF THE COAST FROM SANTA BARBARA
COUNTY AT ALL AND SHOULD HELP TO CUT OFF THE HVY RAINS THERE WITHIN THE
NEXT 1-2 HRS. FARTHER TO THE SE..MAY SEE THE MOD/HVY RAINS LAST A LITTLE
WHILE LONGER AS 04Z AMSU PASS SHOWS A BROAD AREA OF STILL OFFSHORE WITHIN
THE MOISTURE PLUME. AREAL AVG MICROWAVE RAIN RATES OF 0.10-0.15"/HR WERE
SEEN IN A SSE-NNE LINE INTERSECTING LOS ANGELES COUNTY WITH SOME HIGHER
RATES EVEN FURTHER S IN THE PLUME NEARING 0.4"/HR. THESE RAINFALL RATES
SHOULD BE ASSCD WITH THE CELLS JUST NOW ENTERING THE NKX RADAR AREA AND
WILL CERTAINLY BE ENHANCED BY ANY LOCAL TERRAIN. AMSU PASS GAVE PW VALUES
OF 1.3-1.6" STILL IN PLACE SW OF SAN DIEGO/LOS ANGELES WITHIN THE RICH
SUBTROPICAL PLUME BUT WITH EWD EXPANSE OF DRY SLOT BEST MOISTURE LOOKS AS
IF IT WILL NOW BE CROSSING THE NRN PART OF THE BAJA PENN. INTO SW AZ/SE
CA. ANOTHER S/WV IS CURRENTLY ROUNDING THE BASE OF THE LONGER UPPER TROF
AND ONE FINAL WAVE IS SEEN SLIDING DOWN THE BACKSIDE OF IT ON WV. THESE
WILL BRING REINFORCING SHOTS OF PRECIP THOUGH NOTHING LIKE WHAT HAS BEEN
PROVIDED BY THIS FIRST ROUND OF MOISTURE. 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 3692 11865 3283 11382 3042 11786 3643 12305
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