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SATELLITE PRECIPITATION ESTIMATES..DATE/TIME 03/08/08 1937Z
SATELLITE ANALYSIS BRANCH/NESDIS---NPPU---TEL.301-763-8678
LATEST DATA USED: GOES-12 1932Z   LIDDICK
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LOCATION...NEW YORK...PENNSYLVANIA...MARYLAND...WEST VIRGINIA...
LOCATION...OHIO...MICHIGAN...
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ATTN WFOS...BUF...CTP...LWX...PBZ...RLX...CLE...ILN...DTX...IWX...
ATTN RFCS...NERFC...MARFC...OHRFC...NCRFC...
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EVENT...HEAVY SNOWS WITH MID LEVEL VORT
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SATELLITE ANALYSIS AND TRENDS...VIGORUS MID LEVEL VORT SEEN IN WV IMAGERY
PRODUCING HEAVY SNOWS OVER MUCH OF WRN HALF OH OVER THE PAST FEW HOURS
WITH SOME DEVELOPMENT TO THE S INVOF FAYETTE/ROSS COUNTIES WHICH AGREES
WITH DENDRITIC SNOW GROWTH ALORITHM.  ESTIMATING RATES TO RANGE BETWEEN
1.0"-2.0"/HR WITH SOME AREAS SEEING UP TO 2.5"/HR AT TIMES GIVEN CLOUD TOP
TEMPS OF -37C AND GOOD UPWARD MOTION PER SNOW GROWTH PRODUCT.  VORT IS
CONTINUING TO MOVE TO THE NE AND HAS BEGUN TO TOUCH OF HEAVY SNOWS IN
ERN OH PER GOES IMAGERY AND SNOW GROWTH PRODUCT AS TOPS ARE COOLING
TO NEAR -30C INVOF CARROLL COUNTY.  EXPECTING RATES OF 1.0"-2.0"/HR AT
TIMES AND COULD REACH 2.5"/HR WITH HIGHER TERRAIN AND THE MOST INTENSE
SNOW BURSTS IN ERN OH AND WRN PA OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS.
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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 4233 7855 3923 7931 3897 8318 3960 8432 4179 8356
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