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SATELLITE PRECIPITATION ESTIMATES..DATE/TIME 03/16/08 0208Z
SATELLITE ANALYSIS BRANCH/NESDIS---NPPU---TEL.301-763-8678
LATEST DATA USED: GOES-11  0200Z    KUSSELSON
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LOCATION...UTAH...
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ATTN WFOS...RIW...GJT...SLC...
ATTN RFCS...CBRFC...
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EVENT...BEST ORGANIZED ENHANCEMENT OF CLOUDS UTAH...
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SATELLITE ANALYSIS AND TRENDS...BIG PICTURE SHOWED DEEPENING UPPER TROUGH
FROM EASTERN WA THRU C IDAHO INTO E NEVADA THRU S CENTRAL CALIFORNIA.
POLAR JET ACROSS N AZ/S UT NOT QUITE AS STRONG AS SUBTROPICAL JET ACROSS
AZ...BUT ENOUGH TO CREATE INSTABILITY
S TO C UTAH AND HELPING ENHANCE CLOUD COOLING FOR BEST PRECIP RATES FROM
SW AND C UTAH INTO N CENTRAL/NE PART OF THE STATE.  CERTAINLY DOES NOT
HURT ALSO TO HAVE BEST MOISTURE IN THE INTERIOR WEST OVER UTAH (AS PER
RADIOSONDE AND LATEST GPS SITES AND HTTP://AMSU.CIRA.COLOSTATE.EDU/GPSTPW
(ALL LOWER CASE) AS WELL AND APPEARS WILL BE THERE FOR AWHILE...SO
INSTABILITY AND ANY WEAK SHORT WAVE FORCING SHOULD KEEP ENHANCEMENT GOING
MOST OF THE NIGHT AND WITH A LITTLE LUCK COULD PRODUCE OCCASIONAL 1.0"/HR
RATES IN MOUNTAIN AREAS OF CENTRAL TO NE UTAH.  STRONG SATELLITE WINDS
OFFSHORE PACIFIC NW ON EAST SIDE OF SLOW PROGRESSIVE RIDGE ALSO SEEMS
TO INSURE THAT TROUGH IN INTERIOR WEST WILL DEEPEN A BIT MORE OVER THE
NEXT 18HRS.
WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR...
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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 4161 11096 4019 10944 3793 11272 3920 11327
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