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SATELLITE PRECIPITATION ESTIMATES..DATE/TIME 01/27/08 1745Z
SATELLITE ANALYSIS BRANCH/NESDIS---NPPU---TEL.301-763-8678
LATEST DATA USED: AMSU 1420Z  SSMI 1500Z  AMSRE 1047Z   ALS
HYDROESTIMATOR THROUGH 1700Z

LOCATION...W CALIFORNIA...
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ATTN WFOS...HNX...LOX...MTR...
ATTN RFCS...CNRFC...
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EVENT...COLD AIR SHOWERS

SATELLITE ANALYSIS AND TRENDS.... SHOWERS ASSOCIATED WITH A COLD AIR VORT
IS CURRENTLY AFFECTING WESTERN SANTA BARBARA AND SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTIES.
MICROWAVE PASSES FROM EARLIER TODAY INCITE HOURLY AVERAGED RAINFALL
RATES OF BETWEEN .10 AND .25. MICROWAVE PWS ARE GENERALLY BETWEEN .80
AND .85 WHICH IS SIMILAR TO THE 12Z NAM ANALYSIS. HYDROESTIMATOR IS
CONSISTENT WITH THESE RATES WITH HOURLY TOTALS OF UP TO .4 INDICATED.
THUS LOCAL TOTALS OF UP TO ½ INCH SHOULD BE EXPECTED WITH THESE SHOWERS
WITH MORE IN OROGRAPHICALLY ENHANCED AREAS.

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 3587 11960 3314 11912 3300 12098 3583 12127
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