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SATELLITE PRECIPITATION ESTIMATES..DATE/TIME 02/14/08 1626Z
SATELLITE ANALYSIS BRANCH/NESDIS---NPPU---TEL.301-763-8678
LATEST DATA USED: GOES-11 1615Z  KUSSELSON
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LOCATION...W COLORADO...S WYOMING...UTAH...
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ATTN WFOS...RIW...GJT...SLC...
ATTN RFCS...CBRFC...
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EVENT...DEFORMATION SNOW...
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SATELLITE ANALYSIS AND TRENDS...WATER VAPOR LOOP SHOWING EFFECTS OF DARK
AREA ON SW SIDE (CA AND OFFSHORE) OF THE TROUGH HELPING TO ELONGATE
UPPER LOW ACROSS CENTRAL UTAH.  STILL SEE A MID-LEVEL CIRCULATION
CENTERED OVER CENTRAL UTAH...BUT WATER VAPOR SUGGESTING A STRETCHING OF
TROUGH/LOW ACROSS CENTRAL UTAH.  THIS ALLOWING UPPER LOW/TROUGH TO MOVE
SLOWLY AND HAS ALLOWED DEFORMATION ACROSS N/NE UTAH INTO S WY TO STAY
ALMOST STATIONARY PAST SEVERAL HRS.  TROUGH GOING BY TO THE NORTHEAST
ACROSS NORTHERN PLAINS ACTUALLY HELPING TO SHARPEN DEFORMATION ACROSS N
UT/S WY AND THAT CAN HAVE THE EFFECT OF DECREASING THE AREAL EXTEND OF
MODERATE SNOW BUT INCREASE THE INTENSITY IN A NARROW AREA FOR A TIME...AT
LEAST UNTIL THE LOW TO THE SOUTH DRIFTS FURTHER SOUTH AND ALSO TAKES
DEFORMATION SOUTHWARD AS WELL.  ALSO HIGHER PW MOISTURE ACROSS AZ THRU
CO BEING ADVECTED ON 700MB TO 500MB FLOW INTO DEFORMATION TO ALLOW FOR
THAT MODERATE SNOWS.    WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR...BUT WOULD EXPECT
STEADY SNOWS TO SLOWLY WORK SOUTH REST OF THE DAY WITH DEPRESSION OF
LOW/TROUGH AND DEFORMATION...
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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 4188 10813 4005 10771 3981 10973 3996 11003 4114 11087
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