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SATELLITE PRECIPITATION ESTIMATES..DATE/TIME 02/09/08 0550Z
SATELLITE ANALYSIS BRANCH/NESDIS---NPPU---TEL.301-763-8678
LATEST DATA USED: GOES-11 0545Z KUSSELSON
NOAA AMSU:0130Z/2350Z  NASA AMSR-E:2155Z DMSP SSMI:0244Z-0414Z
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LOCATION...WASHINGTON...
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ATTN WFOS...OTX...PDT...SEW...PQR...
ATTN RFCS...NWRFC...
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EVENT...WARM FRONT SLOWLY LIFTING NORTH/NE...LIGHT PRECIP FOR
LOWLANDS...CONTINUED HVY OROGRAPHIC PRECIP MOUNTAINS...
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SATELLITE ANALYSIS AND TRENDS...AS PER GOES IR AND MICROWAVE 89GHZ/85GHZ
CHANNELS WARM FRONT COAST AT W CENTRAL WA TO S CENTRAL WA/
OREGON BORDER AREA.  AS UPPER LEVEL RIDGE HAS SLOWLY DRIFTED EAST TO
BETWEEN 130 AND 135W...UPPER LEVEL AND SURFACE WINDS HAVE BEEN DECREASING
JUST OFFSHORE AND INLAND...THIS CUTTING OROGRAPHIC PRECIP SO THAT IT
WILL NOT BE AS STRONG OVERNIGHT AS THE PAST 18HRS.  PW MOISTURE STILL
AVAILABLE AND MAXING OUT AT 0.85" JUST OFFSHORE AND EVEN THOUGH WINDS
HAVE DECREASED...THEY ARE STILL PROVIDING EXCELLENT MOISTURE TRANSPORT
IN FAVORED OROGRAPHIC AREA ALONG AND JUST NORTH OF WARM FRONT AND BEING
AIDED AS WELL BY FRONTAL LIFT FOR LOCAL HVY SNOW TO CONTINUE N CASCADES
THRU MOST OF THE NIGHT.  LULL IN PRECIP SOMETIME SATURDAY WILL COME
WITH SURFACE AND UPPER LEVEL RIDGE GETTING CLOSE TO THE COAST AND MOVING
INLAND AND SHUTTING OFF MOST OF THE OROGRAPHIC FLOW...BUT MOISTURE AND
ANY SMALL LIFT MAY PREVENT PRECIP IN HIGHEST SPOTS FROM COMPLETELY ENDING.
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 5095 12644 4913 11987 4588 12143 4731 12522
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