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SATELLITE PRECIPITATION ESTIMATES..DATE/TIME 01/28/08 1508Z
SATELLITE ANALYSIS BRANCH/NESDIS---NPPU---TEL.301-763-8678
LATEST DATA USED: GOES-11 1445Z
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LOCATION...W MONTANA...W WYOMING...UTAH...IDAHO...
LOCATION...NE NEVADA...
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ATTN WFOS...RIW...TFX...SLC...PIH...BOI...LKN...
ATTN RFCS...MBRFC...CBRFC...NWRFC...CNRFC...
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EVENT...FRONTAL SNOWS PROGRESSING EAST...
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SATELLITE ANALYSIS AND TRENDS...BIG PICTURE FROM WATER VAPOR SHOWED UPPER
TROUGH CENTRAL WA TO W NV TAKING ON A NEGATIVE TILT WITH FASTEST HIGH
LEVEL (120KT SATELLITE WINDS NEAR NW CA COAST) WINDS STILL ON BACK SIDE.
THIS ALLOWING TROUGH TO DEEPEN A BIT MORE ON SOUTHERN END OF TROUGH.
AHEAD OF TROUGH BAROCLINIC FRONTAL BAND CONVECTIVE LOOKING CLOUDS
PROGRESSING EAST ACROSS E CENTRAL TO NE NV...IDAHO...W MT.  BAND COMING
INTO HIGHER PW MOISTURE AT LEAST FROM SE IDAHO SOUTHWARD AND AT LEAST
THERE AND EASTWARD WILL HELP CONTINUE MODERATE TO HVY SNOW BURSTS AS
BAND CONTINUE ACROSS NE NV...SE IDAHO INTO NW UTAH.  WEAKER CLOUD BAND
OUT AHEAD OF THIS ACROSS N UT...FAR E IADHO AND W WY HAVE PROVIDED ADDED
MOISTURE FOR BAND TO ACT ON TO KEEP STEADY PRECIP GOING WITH FRONTAL
BOUNDARY AS IT MOVES INTO THOSE AREAS LATER THIS MORNING AND AFTERNOON.
FURTHER NORTH WITH BAND MOVING ACROSS W MONTANA...CLOUD TOPS COOLER
BUT PW MOISTURE NOT QUITE AS HIGH AND TRANSPORT NOT QUITE AS GOOD...BUT
COOLER TOPS AND OROGRAPHICS MAY MAKE UP FOR THAT TO KEEP ISOLATED MODERATE
BURST GOING THRU BAND AT LEAST INTO CENTRAL MONTANA.
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 4481 11004 4145 10974 3973 11497 4059 11620 4464 11193
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