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SATELLITE PRECIPITATION ESTIMATES..DATE/TIME 04/16/08 1944Z
SATELLITE ANALYSIS BRANCH/NESDIS---NPPU---TEL.301-763-8678
LATEST DATA USED: GOES-11 1930Z    CW
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LOCATION...CENTRAL COLORADO...
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ATTN WFOS...PUB...BOU...
ATTN RFCS...MBRFC...ABRFC...WGRFC...CBRFC...
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EVENT...RAIN/SNOW TO INCREASE THIS AFTERNOON AND BECOME HVY THIS EVENING
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SATELLITE ANALYSIS AND TRENDS...WV IMAGERY HAS SHOWN A MODEST BAROCLINIC
LEAF CLOUD STRUCTURE OVER THE PAST FEW HOURS OVER NE UT..NW CO..AND
EXTENDING INTO SW WY.  RECENT IR ANIMATION OVER THE PAST 1-2 HRS HAS
SHOWN SOME CLOUD TOP COOLING AND SOME SIGNS OF DEVELOPING INTO A LEAF
STRUCTURE..OVER NORTHERN AND CENTRAL CO..BUT TOPS REMAIN RELATIVELY
WARM AT AROUND -37C.  ALONG THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS IN CENTRAL CO..INVOF
LARIMER..BOULDER..GRAND..GILPIN..JEFFERSON..DENVER ..AND CLEAR CREEK
COUNTIES..STATIFORM CLOUDS ARE SEEN IN VIS BUILDING MOSTLY IN RESPONSE
TO OROGRAPHIC AFFECTS. BEST MID-LVL AND UPPER LVL DYNAMICS IS PRESENTLY
FURTHER UPSTREAM AS THE MID-LVL SHORTWAVE IS POSITIONED SW-NE ACROSS
N UT..W WY..SE ID PER WV..BUT IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE MOVING ESE THIS
AFTERNOON AND INTO TONIGHT.  UVVS SHOULD ALSO BE ENHANCED AS WE HEAD
INTO THE EVENING HRS WITH AN APPROACHING JET STREAK..CURRENTLY LOCATED
OVER THE NW US..TO ROUND THE BASE OF THE TROUGH AND PROVIDE LEFT-EXIT
REGION DIVERGENCE ALOFT.  SNOW IS EXPECTED TO BE THE MAIN PRECIPITATION
TYPE.. ESPECIALLY FOR HIGHER ELEVATIONS.  SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE
LIGHT THIS AFTERNOON WITH THE HVY SNOWFALL NOT EXPECTED UNTIL THIS EVENING
WHEN DYNAMICS BECOME MORE IMPRESSIVE.  WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR THIS
AFTERNOON AND PROVIDE AN UPDATED INFORMATION ON THIS DEVELOPING SYSTEM.
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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 4016 10462 3711 10425 3713 10558 4009 10628
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