ZCZC NFDSPENES ALL SPENES NYZ000- . SATELLITE PRECIPITATION ESTIMATES..DATE/TIME 02/11/08 0027Z SATELLITE ANALYSIS BRANCH/NESDIS---NPPU---TEL.301-763-8678 LATEST DATA USED: G12 0015Z CK . LOCATION...NEW YORK... . ATTN WFOS...ALY...BGM...BUF... ATTN RFCS...NERFC... . EVENT...LAKE ONTARIO LES CONTINUE TO INTENSIFY...STNRY E OF LAKE . SATELLITE ANALYSIS AND TRENDS...SINCE PREVIOUS SPENES MESSAGE..COVERAGE OF COOLING CLOUD TOPS HAS CONTINUED TO EXPAND FM S CENTRAL LAKE ONTARIO THRU S JEFFERSON/OSWEGO COUNTIES THRU N HERKIMER COUNTY. COLDEST CLOUD TOPS ARE OVER OSWEGO COUNTY..AND HAVE COOLED ANOTHER 3 DEG TO -38C IN THE PAST COUPLE OF HRS. STLT EST INDICATE RATES BTWN 1-3"/HR..WITH THE HEAVIEST INVOF NW OSWEGO COUNTY. . ON THE SYNOPTIC SCALE...12 HR WV/IR ANIMATION SHOWS THAT UPPR LOW N OF LAKE MI THIS MORNING HAS MOVED SEWD AND IS NOW E OF GEORGIAN BAY. AS A RESULT..FLOW TURNED NWRLY ACRS LAKE HURON AND SHIFTED WRN PORTION OF LES BAND SWD INTO NIAGARA AND ORLEANS COUNTIES. HOWEVER..ERN PART OF PLUME OVER E LAKE ONTARIO EWD TO HAMILTON COUNTY HAS EXPANDED FURTHER EWD BUT REMAINED NEARLY STNRY OVER THE PAST 2-3 HRS. ERN PART OF PLUME MAY SHIFT A BIT SWD OVER TIME PER PER NWRLY FLOW AROUND UPPR LOW. HOWEVER..LATEST IMAGERY IS SHOWING THAT WRN PORTION OF THE PLUME IS BEGINNING TO EXPAND ONCE AGAIN..NWD..IN RESPONSE TO PLUMES FEEDING IN FM LAKE HURON/GEORGIAN BAY. THIS WILL LIKELY FURTHER STRENGTHEN AND EXPAND THE PLUME OVERALL. . 15 MINUTE IR LOOP ANIMATION SHOWS IMPULSE MOVING EWD ACRS CENTRAL LAKE ONTARIO. WHILE THIS TOO MAY NUDGE THE SOUTHERN EXTENT OF THE PLUME OVER E LAKE ONTARIO/W NY A BIT S..IT WILL ALSO REINFORCE OR EVEN FURTHER ENHANCE THIS AREA AS WELL OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF HRS. WITH THE RECENT TREND..CAN SEE THE POSSIBILITY OF SOME LCLZD 3"PLUS/HR RATES OVER OSWEGO COUNTY. . SEE NCEP HPC DISCUSSION AND QPF/S FOR FORECAST. ....NESDIS IS A MEMBER OF 12 PLANET.... . SSD/SAB WEB ADDRESS FOR PRECIP ESTIMATES: HTTP://WWW.SSD.NOAA.GOV/PS/PCPN/ ...ALL LOWER CASE EXCEPT /PS/PCPN/ . LAT...LON 4392 7681 4388 7500 4340 7488 4324 7779 4331 7882 . NNNN