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SATELLITE PRECIPITATION ESTIMATES..DATE/TIME 03/01/08 2016Z
SATELLITE ANALYSIS BRANCH/NESDIS---NPPU---TEL.301-763-8678
LATEST DATA USED: G12  2000Z  CK
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LOCATION...MAINE...
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ATTN WFOS...CAR...GYX...
ATTN RFCS...NERFC...
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EVENT...SIGNIFICANT CLOUD TOP EXPANSION/COOLING NRN AND ERN MAINE.. INCRD
SPREAD OF MOD/HVY SNOW
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SATELLITE ANALYSIS AND TRENDS...SINCE 1615Z SPENES..CLOUD TOPS HAVE
COOLED AND EXPANDED RAPIDLY ACRS NRN/CENTRAL/ERN/DOWNEAST MAINE. THIS
TREND IS IN RESPONSE TO INCREASINGLY NEGATIVELY TILTED UPPR TROF..WITH
VORT OVER NY..AND DEVELOPING SFC LOW NR PWM.
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IN ADDITION TO COOLING/EXPANDING CLOUD TOPS IN G12 IR IMAGERY..VIS
IMAGERY SHOWS CORRESPONDING WELL DEFINED TEXTURE..ESP FM S OF BHB TO JUST
SW OF PQI AND CAR. WITH OVERALL CLOUD SHIELD SHOWING NICE PIVOT.. WOULD
EXPECT DOWNEAST PORTION OF MOD/HVY SNOW AREA CONTINUE TO SLIDE EWD..WHILE
MOD/HVY SNOW OVER INTERIOR MAINE WILL CONTINUE TO SPREAD/EXPAND STEADILY
NWD ACRS AROOSTOOK COUNTY. STLT SIGNATURES SUGGEST 1-2"/HR RATES..WITH
SOME 2"+/HR PSBL AT TIMES. SEE SEVERAL ADDITIONAL HRS OF MOD/HVY SHOW
OVER PENOBSCOT AND PISCATQUIS COUNTIES..AND WELL INTO THE EVENING/EARLY
PART OF THE NIGHT FOR AROOSTOOK COUNTY.
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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 4776 7023 4723 6553 4441 6699 4586 7045
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