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SATELLITE PRECIPITATION ESTIMATES..DATE/TIME 04/17/08 0345Z
SATELLITE ANALYSIS BRANCH/NESDIS---NPPU---TEL.301-763-8678
LATEST DATA USED: GOES-11 0330Z/GOES-12 0330Z  KUSSELSON
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LOCATION...C AND E COLORADO...
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ATTN WFOS...DDC...GLD...PUB...BOU...GJT...
ATTN RFCS...MBRFC...ABRFC...WGRFC...CBRFC...
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EVENT...BAROCLINIC LEAF SNOW SIGANTURE...CONVEYOR BELT MOISTURE INTO
AREA...
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SATELLITE ANALYSIS AND TRENDS...LATEST BAROCLINIC LEAF CLOUD SIGNATURE
FULLY MATURE CENTRAL/S CENTRAL TO E CENTRAL COLORADO WITH HIGHEST SNOW
RATES CENTERED GUNNISON/SAGUACHE TO ARAPAHOE/ADAMS COUNTY.  1-2 INCHES PER
HR...ISOLATED HIGHER IN MOUNTAIN AREAS AS MOISTURE THAT HAS BEEN DEEPENING
AND INCREASING IN KANSAS GETS ADVECTED INTO AREA OF STRONG DYNAMICS
ASSOCIATED WITH DEEP TROUGH PUSHING INTO CENTRAL CO.  NEW BAROCLINIC LEAF
MAYBE BEGINNING TO FORM JUST TO THE SE OF MATURE LEAF CENTERED CUSTER TO
LINCOLN COUNTY...SO WILL HAVE TO KEEP AN EYE ON THIS AREA INCRG SNOWS
WHERE ALREADY SNOWING AND POINTS EAST AND SE WHERE LIGHT RAIN HAS NOT
CHANGED TO SNOW.  SHORT WAVES FROM DEEP TROUGH IN COLORADO ALREADY HAVING
THE EFFECT OF SPILLING A VORT OF TWO OF DYNAMICS INTO THE PLAINS WHERE
RAPID CONVECTION HAS DEVELOPED IN THE FINNEY TO RUSSELL COUNTY KS AREA.
WILL ALSO KEEP AN EYE ON THAT AS THE OVERNIGHT GOES ON.
SEE GRAPHICAL ANALYSIS ON HOME PAGE AT ADDRESS BELOW
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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 4034 10366 3808 10133 3710 10274 3738 10520 3835 10647
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