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SATELLITE PRECIPITATION ESTIMATES..DATE/TIME 04/11/08 0320Z
SATELLITE ANALYSIS BRANCH/NESDIS---NPPU---TEL.301-763-8678
LATEST DATA USED: GOES-12 0245Z    CW
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LOCATION...N MICHIGAN...N WISCONSIN...MINNESOTA...E SOUTH DAKOTA...
LOCATION...NORTH DAKOTA...
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ATTN WFOS...MQT...GRB...DLH...MPX...FGF...FSD...ABR...
ATTN RFCS...NCRFC...MBRFC...
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EVENT...SNOWFALL INTENSITY EXPECTED TO INCREASE
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SATELLITE ANALYSIS AND TRENDS...THE CENTER OF THE UPPER LEVEL LOW HAS
BECOME MORE WELL-DEFINED OVER THE PAST FEW HOURS WITH THE CENTER OF
CIRCULATION ESTIMATED AT 42.36N/95.31W..OVER NW IA PER WV IMAGERY.  RECENT
IR ANIMATION INDICATES CLOUD TOPS HAVE COOLED TO -47C AND ARE EXPANDING
NORTH AND NORTHEAST OF THE VORTEX CENTER INVOF E SD AND S MN.  CLOUD TOP
COOLING AND EXPANSION APPEARS TO BE IN RESPONSE TO MOD DIVERGENCE ALOFT
OVER E ND/MN/AND UP OF MI PER ANALYSIS OF STLT DERIVED WIND FIELD AT 03Z.
LATEST 03Z SFC OBS FROM KAXN AND KLXL IN MN ARE REPORTING HVY SNOW
NOW..WHICH IS UP FROM MOD INTENSITY JUST AN HR AGO.  THIS IS WELL IN
LINE WITH CURRENT THINKING THAT SNOWFALL RATES WILL INCREASE TO MOD/HVY
ACROSS SE ND..E SD..CENTRAL AND NORTHERN MN..N WI..AND W UP OF MI AS
CLOUD TOPS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUED TO COOL SLIGHTLY AND EXPAND N OF
THE UPPER LVL VORTEX DURING THE NEXT SEVERAL HRS AS IT MOVED NNEWD.
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PLEASE SEE WEB ADDRESS BELOW FOR STLT GRAPHIC IN 10-15 MINS.
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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 4749 8930 4562 9004 4344 9862 4344 9862 4547 9961
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