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SATELLITE PRECIPITATION ESTIMATES..DATE/TIME 04/17/08 0633Z
SATELLITE ANALYSIS BRANCH/NESDIS---NPPU---TEL.301-763-8678
LATEST DATA USED: GOES-11 0615Z KUSSELSON
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LOCATION...COLORADO...
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ATTN WFOS...GLD...PUB...BOU...ABQ...
ATTN RFCS...MBRFC...ABRFC...WGRFC...
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EVENT...BAROCLINIC LEAF SNOW PEAKING ACROSS E HALF OF COLORADO...
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SATELLITE ANALYSIS AND TRENDS...AS UPPER LEVEL TROUGH/LOW PUSH EAST ACROSS
WESTERN TO CENTRAL COLORADO...DEVELOPING NEW BAROCLINIC LEAF TALKED
ABOUT IN LAST MESSAGE HAS FURTHER DEVELOPED AND WAS ABOUT TO TAKE OVER
FROM MATURE LEAF TO ITS WEST AND NW.  NEW LEAF ACROSS INTERIOR SE TO E
CENTRAL COLORADO PRODUCING HIGHEST SNOW RATES FROM
N LAS ANIMAS THRU E PUEBLO/OTERO/CROWLEY COUNTY TO YUMA COUNTY.  HIGHEST
RATES GENERALLY 1.0"/HR WITH ISOLATED AMOUNTS HIGHER IN HIGHER ELEVATIONS.
DEEP MOISTURE ADVECTION FROM NEAR 1.0" PW VALUES IN CENTRAL KS BEING
TRANSPORTED INTO COLORADO LEAF AND HELPING TO SUSTAIN SNOW PRODUCTION
INTO COLDER AIR FILTERING EAST ACROSS E AND SE COLORADO.  BUT AT SOME
POINT CONVECTION ACROSS SW TO C KS WILL DISTURB MOISTURE ADVECTION
PROCESS AND BEGIN TO WEAKEN DEEP MOISTURE ADVECTION AND THIS IN ADDITION
TO UPPER TROUGH PASSING BY WILL WEAKEN SNOW PRODUCTION IN COLORADO.
THIS ALREADY STARTING TO HAPPEN IN CENTRAL COLORADO MOUNTAINS WEST OF
A LINE FROM ALAMOSA TO LAKE COUNTY AND WILL SLOWLY SHIFT EAST OVERNIGHT
AND THURSDAY MORNING.
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 4002 10218 3857 10196 3693 10425 3816 10571 3868 10492
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