ZCZC NFDSPENES ALL SPENES MEZ000-MAZ000-NHZ000-RIZ000-VTZ000-CTZ000-NYZ000- . SATELLITE PRECIPITATION ESTIMATES..DATE/TIME 03/01/08 1615Z SATELLITE ANALYSIS BRANCH/NESDIS---NPPU---TEL.301-763-8678 LATEST DATA USED: GOES-12 1515Z . LOCATION...MAINE...MASSACHUSETTS...NEW HAMPSHIRE...RHODE ISLAND... LOCATION...VERMONT...CONNECTICUT...NEW YORK... . ATTN WFOS...CAR...GYX...BOX...BTV...ALY...BGM...BUF... ATTN RFCS...NERFC... . EVENT...HEAVY SNOWS FOR NEW ENGLAND . SATELLITE ANALYSIS AND TRENDS...UPPER LOW DEPICTED WELL ON WV IMAGERY IS CURRENTLY RIGHT ON TRACK WITH CURRENT GFS RUN. LATEST WV IMAGE SHOWS LOW OVER EASTERN EDGE OF LAKE ONTARIO. EIR IMAGERY SHOWS GOOD COOLING OF TOPS OVER VT/NH PUSHING INTO MAINE. WOULD EXPECT SNOW RATES AT LEAST 2"/HR WITH POSSIBLY HIGHER LOCALLY RATES. EXPECT THIS ENHANCED AREA TO CONTINUE PUSHING NE INTO CENTRAL MAINE BY LATER THIS AFTERNOON. BY 00Z OR THEREAFTER THE BULK OF THE HEAVIEST PRECIP SHOULD BE EXITING MAINE. WILL HOWEVER KEEP A WATCH ON ANY TYPE OF POSSIBLE WRAP AROUND PRECIP. . 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 4865 7082 4526 6267 4020 6756 4288 7473 4406 7973 . NNNN