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SATELLITE PRECIPITATION ESTIMATES..DATE/TIME 01/29/08 1530Z
SATELLITE ANALYSIS BRANCH/NESDIS---NPPU---TEL.301-763-8678
LATEST DATA USED: GOES-12 1515Z KUSSELSON
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LOCATION...W WISCONSIN...S MINNESOTA...IOWA...E NEBRASKA...
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ATTN WFOS...ARX...MPX...DMX...FSD...OAX...
ATTN RFCS...NCRFC...MBRFC...
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EVENT...BAROCLINIC LEAF SNOWS...
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SATELLITE ANALYSIS AND TRENDS...NICE BAROCLINIC LEAF HAS ORGANIZED
BETTER PAST FEW HRS ACROSS E NEBRASKA TO SE MN AND BEGINNING TO SPREAD
INTO FAR WESTERN WI.  THIS BEHIND STRONG SURFACE FRONT BUT AHEAD OF MAIN
UPPER TROUGH MOVING THRU WESTERN PLAINS.  SUBTROPICAL JET WELL TO THE
SOUTH BUT BELIEVE THERE IS A WEAK POLAR JET PUSHING THRU NEBRASKA THRU
IA/MN...BUT MORE IMPORTANT FORCING WITH SHORT WAVE JUST AHEAD OF UPPER
TROUGH NOW PUSHING THRU CENTRAL KS...NEBRASKA AND SD.  NOT QUITE ENOUGH
STRONG DRY AIR ADVECTION TO TOTALLY WEAKEN LEAF CLOUD SNOW AS LOW LEVEL
CYCLONIC CURVATURE HELPING TO NEUTALIZED DRY ADVECTION UNTIL TROUGH TO
THE WEST GETS CLOSER.  WITH BAROCLINIC LEAF...CAN EXPECT HVYST SNOW OF
SOUTHERN/SE TWO THIRDS OF COOLER TOPS AND THAT NOW RUNNING E NEBRASKA
THRU NW TO CENTRAL IA ACROSS S CENTRAL TO SE MN AND WILL BE SPREADING
FURTHER INTO W CENTRAL TO INTERIOR SW WI SHORTLY.
MOISTURE PRETTY LIMITED AND SLOWLY LOWERING...BUT DYNAMICS STRONG ENOUGH
FOR 1 INCH PER HR...OCCASIONALLY HIGHER SNOW BURSTS ALONG BAROCLINIC
LEAF AS IT SWEEPS EAST AND NE NEXT FEW HRS.                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 9223 4347 9154 4112 9589 4128 9693 4373 9514
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