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SATELLITE PRECIPITATION ESTIMATES..DATE/TIME 03/09/08 1600Z ALS
SATELLITE ANALYSIS BRANCH/NESDIS---NPPU---TEL.301-763-8678
LATEST DATA USED: GOES-12  1545Z


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LOCATION...NEW YORK...
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ATTN WFOS...BGM...BUF...
ATTN RFCS...NERFC...
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EVENT...PERSISTENT LAKE EFFECT BAND
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SATELLITE ANALYSIS AND TRENDS...IMAGERY SHOWS A PERSISTENT EAST-WEST
SINGLE BAND ALONG THE SOUTH SHORE OF LAKE ONTARIO. THE ORIGINS OF THIS
BAND CAN BE TRACES BACK TO LAKE HURON.  WITH CLOUDTOPS GENERALLY IN THE
-15-18C RANGE HOURLY SNOWFALL RATES OF 1-2 INCHES ARE
ESTIMATED WITH THIS BAND IN SOUTHERN OSWEGO COUNTY. CURRENT TRENDS
INDICATE A VERY SLOW DRIFT TO THE NORTH.  MORE DISORGANIZED MULTIBANDS
ARE OBSERVED FURTHER NORTH OVER NORTHERN OSWEGO/SOUTHERN JEFFERSON COUNTY
WITH LOWER SNOWFALL RATES.

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 4366 7713 4363 7600 4323 7599 4331 7714
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