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SATELLITE PRECIPITATION ESTIMATES..DATE/TIME 02/07/08 0459Z
SATELLITE ANALYSIS BRANCH/NESDIS---NPPU---TEL.301-763-8678
LATEST DATA USED: GOES-11 0445Z KUSSELSON
NOAA AMSU:0030Z/0210Z DMSP SSMI:0218Z/0315Z NASA AMSR-E:2207Z
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LOCATION...NW OREGON...W WASHINGTON...
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ATTN WFOS...SEW...PQR...
ATTN RFCS...NWRFC...
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EVENT...BIG PICTURE SHOWING THREE WAVES ACROSS THE PACIFIC...CURRENT
SYSTEM'S OCCLUSION GOING THRU VANCOUVER ISLAND AND NW WA...
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SATELLITE ANALYSIS AND TRENDS...MATCH UP MICROWAVE 85H CHANNEL WITH
GOES VIS AND SATELLITE UPPER LEVEL WINDS PLACING OCCLUSION CLOSE TO
VANCOUVER ISLAND/NW WA AND ABOUT MOVE FURTHER INLAND.  SATELLITE WINDS
SHOWED POLAR JET MAXING OUT AT 140-160KTS FROM 150W TO INLAND WA-BRITISH
COLUMBIA BORDER ALONG OR JUST SOUTH OF 50N.   BEHIND FRONT BACK EDGE OF
HIGH CLOUD NOW CROSSING NORTHERN TIP OF VANCOUVER ISLAND MARKING LOWERING
OF PW MOISTURE VALUES.  BUT JUST AHEAD OF THIS WAS UPPER LEVEL VORT
MOVING EAST PRETTY QUICKLY ALONG 51/52N AT 138W AND HEADING SW BRITSH
COLUMBIA/N TIP OF VANCOUVER ISLAND.  DARK AREA ON WATER VAPOR WAS THE
VORT'S TROUGH AND WILL USHER INSTABILITY AND HVY SNOW SHOWERS FOR THE
OLYMPICS LATER TONIGHT AND CASCADES THURSDAY.
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 4971 12115 4598 12214 4533 12478 4618 12617 4967 12628
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