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SATELLITE PRECIPITATION ESTIMATES..DATE/TIME 01/28/08 1422Z
SATELLITE ANALYSIS BRANCH/NESDIS---NPPU---TEL.301-763-8678
LATEST DATA USED: GOES-11 1400Z  KUSSELSON
NOAA AMSU:0958Z NASA AMSR-E:0952Z NASA TRMM:0945Z/1115Z DMSP SSMIS:0346Z
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LOCATION...S CALIFORNIA...
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ATTN WFOS...SGX...HNX...LOX...
ATTN RFCS...CNRFC...
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EVENT...PATCH OF 0.75" PW VALUES WILL HELP KEEP LOCALIZED HVY PRECIP IN
MOUNTAINS THIS MORNING...
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SATELLITE ANALYSIS AND TRENDS...MICROWAVE AND GOES SOUNDER PW ALONG
AND JUST OFFSHORE S CA SHOWING MAX VALUES IN THE 0.7"-0.8" RANGE AND
LOW LEVEL FLOW AND THIS MOISTURE THAT IS ABOUT 150-175 PERCENT OF NORMAL
ALONG WITH OROGRAPHIC LIFT WILL HELP KEEP LOCALIZED STEADY MODERATE TO HVY
PRECIP GOING SOUTHERN CA.  BACK EDGE OF NON STRATA CU CLOUDS ASSOCIATED
WITH HIGHER PWS NOW ON A LINE FROM THE NW SANTA BARBARA COAST THRU KERN
COUNTY AND RATE OF MOVEMENT SE COULD KEEP LOCALIZED HVY RAIN GOING TILL
18Z OR SO.  THIS WILL ALSO ALLOW FOR LOCALIZED HVY PRECIP IN HIGH ELEVS
TO CONTINUE LA...ORANGE/SW SAN BERNARDINO INTO NW
SAN DIEGO COUNTY TILL THEN AS WELL.  BEING THAT GROUND IS SATURATED...EVEN
THIS SMALL SCALE EVENT AND MESOSCALE PATCH OF HIGHER PWS ALONG WITH
OROGRAPHIC LIFT COULD CONTINUE TO CAUSE PROBLEMS.   WILL CONTINUE TO
MONITOR AS ADDITIONAL MICROWAVE IMAGERY COMES IN...
SEE GRAPHIC ON HOME PAGE AT ADDRESS BELOW.
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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 3517 11956 3426 11673 3334 11650 3279 11750 3294 11824
3443 12039
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