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SATELLITE PRECIPITATION ESTIMATES..DATE/TIME 03/17/08 0745Z
SATELLITE ANALYSIS BRANCH/NESDIS---NPPU---TEL.301-763-8678
LATEST DATA USED: GOES-12 0730Z  GOES-11 0730Z
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LOCATION...W KANSAS...SW AND C NEBRASKA...COLORADO...
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ATTN WFOS...LBF...DDC...GLD...AMA...PUB...BOU...CYS...ABQ...
ATTN RFCS...MBRFC...ABRFC...WGRFC...
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EVENT...HEAVY PRECIPITATION...
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SATELLITE ANALYSIS AND TRENDS...FOCUS OF ATTENTION CONTINUES COLORADO
THRU C NEBRASKA.  MAIN UPPER LOW CONTINUES NE ARIZONA AS 160KT SATELLITE
ON WEST SIDE NEAR SOUTHERN SIERRAS HOLDING UPPER LOW SOUTH IN ARIZONA
AND TROUGH EXTENDING SOUTH TO NORTHERN OLD MEXICO.  THIS COMBINED WITH
IMPULSE COMING THRU PACIFIC NORTHWEST SHIFTING DRY AIR SLOWLY SOUTH AND
SE THRU WYOMING AND WILL KEEP BEST MOISTURE BOTTLED UP IN COLORADO...C
NEBRASKA AND SOUTHWARD.  REINFORCING THAT MOISTURE IS GOOD MOISTURE
TRANSPORT FROM S TX/MIDDLE RIO GRANDE VALLEY THRU THE TX PANHANDLE INTO
W KS/E COLORADO THAT IS COMBINING WITH SUFFICIENT LIFT FROM DIFFLUENCE
AND DEFORMATION CENTERED IN COLORADO TO HELP PRODUCE STEADY PRECIPITATION
EXTENDING INTO FAR WESTERN KS AND SW TO CENTRAL
NEBRASKA.  CLOSER UP...SHORT WAVE SEEN LIFTING NORTH/NNE THRU NE
NEW MEXICO INTO SE COLORADO THAT IS HELPING SPARK CONVECTIVE BOUNDARY FAR
NE NM INTO SE CO.  THIS COMBINED WITH LIFT AND INSTABILITY AND DEEPENING
MOISTURE TRANSPORT TRANSLATING INTO STEADY MDT TO HVY SNOW COLORADO FROM
LAS ANIMAS/HUERFANO TO YUMA/NW KIT CARSON COUNTY.
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 4124 10320 4036 10046 3618 10283 3816 10592
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