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SATELLITE PRECIPITATION ESTIMATES..DATE/TIME 02/08/08 1153Z
SATELLITE ANALYSIS BRANCH/NESDIS---NPPU---TEL.301-763-8678
LATEST DATA USED: GOES-11  1130Z KUSSELSON
NOAA AMSU:0507Z/0943Z/0640Z  SSMI/S:0307/0449Z
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LOCATION...NW OREGON...W WASHINGTON...
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ATTN WFOS...OTX...PDT...SEW...PQR...
ATTN RFCS...NWRFC...
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EVENT...ACTIVE WARM FRONT SETTING UP AS IT DRIFTS NE IN NE PACIFIC...HVY
PRECIP COMING IN TODAY TO CASCADES...
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SATELLITE ANALYSIS AND TRENDS...WATER VAPOR AND SATELLITE UPPER LEVEL
WIND VECTORS SHOWED ACTIVE JET OF 140+KT WINDS ORIENTED NW TO SE FROM
GULF OF ALASKA INTO N WA.  TO THE SOUTH...SSMI AND QUIKSCAT WINDS SHOWED
SURFACE RIDGE 37N/139W TO 42N/125W.  WARM FRONT FROM 85GHZ MICROWAVE
IMAGERY FROM 04Z HAD ALREADY EXTENDED FROM 48N/145W TO 44.5N/133W AND
SINCE THAT TIME THE LEADING EDGE HAS DRIFTED EAST TO NOW JUST OFF THE
NW OREGON COAST.  WESTERLY TO SWLY LOW LEVEL FLOW STRENGHENING WHILE
UPPER LEVEL WINDS INCREASING TO 120KTS.  NORTH OF WARM FRONT AS CLOUDS
MOVE IN...STRENGTHENING OROGRAPHIC FLOW WILL INCREASE PRECIP W WA/NW
OREGON COAST AND THEN INLAND FOR SET UP OF HVY OROGRAPHIC PRECIP INTO
THE OLYMPICS AND CASCADES OF WA.  PW MOISTURE AT 05Z ALREADY WAS 0.75"
AS CLOSE AS 130W/CENTERED 45N.  THIS DEEPER PW MOISTURE HAS BEEN WORKING
EAST TOWARD THE COAST SINCE 05Z AND WILL LIKELY MOVE INLAND LATER THIS
MORNING...TEAMING UP WITH ACTIVE JET AND OROGRAPHICS FOR INCREASING
MOUNTAIN SNOWS.   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 4954 12616 4769 12068 4555 12294 4701 12719
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