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SATELLITE PRECIPITATION ESTIMATES..DATE/TIME 02/14/08 0108Z
SATELLITE ANALYSIS BRANCH/NESDIS---NPPU---TEL.301-763-8678
LATEST DATA USED: G12  0100Z  CK
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LOCATION...MARYLAND...VIRGINIA...NORTH CAROLINA...DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA...
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ATTN WFOS...PHI...AKQ...MHX...LWX...RAH...RNK...GSP...
ATTN RFCS...MARFC...SERFC...OHRFC...
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EVENT...STRENGTHENING VORT OVER NC..RPDLY EXPANDING CLOUD TOPS TO THE
E AND NE...INCRG PRECIP
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SATELLITE ANALYSIS AND TRENDS...BOTH G12 WV AND IR IMAGERY ANIMATIONS
SHOWS VORT NR HKY/NC..EMBEDDED IN LARGE SCALE UPPR TROF EXTENDING FM
OH TO N FL..HAS BEEN STRENGTHENING OVER TIME. PRECIP PRODUCING CLOUDS
ASSOCD WITH VORT/TROF HAVE BEEN RAPIDLY EXPANDING TO THE E AND NE OF
THE CENTER..WITH COOLEST TOPS EXTENDING SOME 80-120MI TO THE N/NE/E OF
THE VORT. WARMER TOP CLOUDS..HOWEVER..EXTEND THRU CENTRAL AND NW VA AND
THROUGH E CENTRAL AND SE NC. VORT LOBE EXTENDING SEWD FM HKY TO NE SC
HAS BEEN LIFTING NEWD..AND APPARENT INCRG LIFT OUT AHEAD OF IT HAS BEEN
RESULTING IN AN INCR IN SHOWERS ACRS CENTRAL/E CENTRAL/SE NC.
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LATEST STLT TRENDS RAISES CONCERN FOR NOT ONLY THE SPREAD OF PRECIP
FURTHER E AND NE THAN CURRENT LOCATIONS..BUT THAT INTENSITIES WILL PICK
UP AS WELL. ALONG WITH THAT..IS THE CONCERN FOR MOD TO PERHAPS SOME HVY
SNOW FOR COLDER LOCATIONS OVER PARTS OF NC/VA. ALREADY...INT/NC HAS BEEN
REPORTING SNOW..WITH VISIBILITIES DROPPING.  OVER VA..COLDER AIR IS ONCE
AGAIN FILTERING ACRS WRN/CENTRAL AND NW PARTS OF THE STATE.
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WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR SITUATION..AND ISSUE UPDATED SPENES MESSAGES
AS IT EVOLVES.
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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 3887 7631 3442 7524 3572 8135 3623 8101 3885 7842
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