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SATELLITE PRECIPITATION ESTIMATES..DATE/TIME 04/10/08 1700Z
SATELLITE ANALYSIS BRANCH/NESDIS---NPPU---TEL.301-763-8678
LATEST DATA USED: GOES-12: 1655Z		DS
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LOCATION...NW KANSAS...W NEBRASKA...E COLORADO...
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ATTN WFOS...GID...LBF...GLD...PUB...BOU...CYS...FSD...UNR...
ATTN RFCS...MBRFC...ABRFC...
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EVENT...HEAVY SNOW ASSCD WITH MID/UPPER LVL CYCLONE
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SATELLITE ANALYSIS AND TRENDS...MID/UPPER LVL CENTER LIFTING NEWD OVER SW
KS/SE CO HAS CREATED A VERY STRONG AREA OF UPPER LVL DIFFLUENCE OVER NE
CO/EXTREME NW KS/AND SW NE PER LATEST GOES STLT WINDS. WV IMAGERY DEPICTS
A STRONG JET STREAK ROTATING AROUND THE BASE OF THE UPPER TROF PUSHING
INTO SE KS CURRENTLY AND WITH SOME OF THE MID/UPPER FLOW SPLITTING OVER
OK TO BE PULLED BACK AROUND THE UPPER VORT. EXPERIMENTAL DENDRITIC SNOW
GROWTH ALGORITHM SHOWS HVY SNOW SIGNATURES ALONG THE FRONT RANGE OF
CO AND OVER NW KS/W NE WITH -15C PRESSURE LVL AROUND 550-600MB..WHICH
COMPARES WELL WITH DNR/LBF 12Z SOUNDINGS.
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EARLIER 12Z PW ANALYSIS/GPS VALUES/GOES SOUNDER INDICATE FAIRLY
GOOD MOISTURE TRANSPORT BY THE UPPER LOW WITH PW VALUES OF 0.4-0.7"
HAVING REACHED WRN NE/E CO AND EVEN THE DAKOTAS. WITH PROFILERS/SFC
ANALYSIS INDICATING SFC LOW HAS MOVED OUT INTO CENTRAL KS..FLOW IS
BEGINNING TO VEER AND EXPECT THAT AS THE MID/UPPER LVL CENTER MOVE
NEWD AS WELL..HEAVIEST SNOWS WILL CONTINUE IN AREA OF GREATEST UPPER
LVL DIFFLUENCE ON THE N/NE SIDE OF THE UPPER LOW...NEWD ACROSS NE
INTO SD. THOUGH COLD AIR IS ADVECTING AT THE LOW LVLS FROM THE N..SOME
CHANGEOVER MAY OCCUR LIMITING SNOWFALL..THOUGH STILL EXPECT SNOWFALL RATES
OF 1-2"/HR FROM NE CO INTO SW/W CENTRAL NE FOR THE NEXT FEW HRS. 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 4245 10183 4185 9852 3743 10399 3888 10472
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