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SATELLITE PRECIPITATION ESTIMATES..DATE/TIME 01/27/08  1212Z
SATELLITE ANALYSIS BRANCH/NESDIS---NPPU---TEL.301-763-8678
LATEST DATA USED: GOES-11: 1200Z	DS
NASA TRMM:0907Z NOAA AMSU:1008Z
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LOCATION...W ARIZONA...SW UTAH..S NEVADA...S CALIFORNIA...
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ATTN WFOS...TWC...FGZ...SLC...PSR...VEF...SGX...REV...HNX...LOX...
ATTN WFOS...STO...MTR...
ATTN RFCS...CBRFC...CNRFC...
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EVENT...RAINFALL SPREADING OUT ACROSS CA/S NV/SW UT/W AZ
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SATELLITE ANALYSIS AND TRENDS...STILL NOT MUCH CHANGE IN THINKING SINCE
EARLIER SPENES MESSAGE..NEXT S/WV TROF/VORT IS NOW ROTATING UP OUT OF
THE BASE OF THE UPPER TROF AND TRYING TO FORM A NEW MOISTURE PLUME AS
WELL. POLAR PASSES SHOW ONLY MAX PW VALUES OF 0.55-0.65" THOUGH IN THIS
NEWER PLUME..MUCH LESS INTENSE THAN THE 1.3-1.5" FROM LAST NIGHT. SAME
THINKING FROM 00Z SPENES AS WELL THAT THE FINAL ROTATING S/WV TROF NOW
SEEN ENTERING THE BASE OF THE LONGWAVE TROF WILL BE THE KICKER TO GET
THE UPPER LOW ASHORE AT LAST. GOES DERIVED SATL WINDS INDICATE WIDESPREAD
UPPER LVL DIFFLUENCE ACROSS THE ENTIRE SRN CA COAST AND 40-50KTS OF LOW
LVL SSWRLY INFLOW. LOCAL CA VWPS AGREE WITH THIS DATA THOUGH THEY HAVE
SHOWN A SLIGHT WEAKENING TREND OVER THE PAST FEW HRS. DRY SLOT IMPINGING
INTO SRN/CENTRAL CA HAS ALLOWED FOR A LULL IN PRECIP FOR NOW THOUGH
WITH THE STRNG ONSHORE FLOW STILL ONGOING IN THE LOS ANGELES/SAN DIEGO
AREAS..CANNOT RULE OUT SOME LIGHT SHOWERS CONTINUING A LITTLE WHILE LONGER
AFTER MAIN PRECIP SHIELD LIFTS OUT TO THE NE. JUST IN TRMM PASS CAPTURED
SOME OF THE AREAL AVG RAINRATES ONGOING ACROSS AZ/SRN CA INCLUDING SOME
0.2-0.25"/HR RATES ALONG THE SAN GABRIEL/SAN BERNARDINO MTN RANGES AND
0.25"/HR PIXEL IN SRN CLARK COUNTY NV. SOME 0.1"/HR RATES OR LESS WERE
ESTIMATED IN NW AZ HEADED FOR SW UT. JUST IN AMSU PASS ALSO GAVE AREAL
AVG RATES OF 0.1-0.15"/HR OVER SRN NV AND ALONG THE AZ/CA BORDER. THESE
RATES WILL BE ENHANCED BY LOCAL TERRAIN EFFECTS..PARTICULARLY THE MOGOLLAN
RIM AND THE SRN END OF THE WASATCH. CURRENT PW PLUME IS ORIENTED SW-NNE
OVER THE NRN PART OF THE BAJA PENN. AND SEEMS TO BE LINED UP WITH THE
CURRENT IR CLOUD TOP PUSHING E ALONG THE CA/AZ BORDER. SEE WEB ADDRESS
BELOW FOR GRAPHIC IN ABOUT 10-15 MIN.
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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 3804 12426 3668 11109 3209 11217 3129 11885
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