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SATELLITE PRECIPITATION ESTIMATES..DATE/TIME 04/25/08 0153Z
SATELLITE ANALYSIS BRANCH/NESDIS---NPPU---TEL.301-763-8678
LATEST DATA USED: GOES-12 0145Z KUSSELSON
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LOCATION...IOWA...E NEBRASKA...C AND W IOWA...
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ATTN WFOS...ARX...DMX...FSD...OAX...GID...
ATTN RFCS...NCRFC...MBRFC...
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EVENT...CONVECTION DEVELOPING W NEBRASKA...EXPECT TO FEED INTO IOWA
CONVECTION LATER TONIGHT...
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SATELLITE ANALYSIS AND TRENDS...BIG PICTURE HAD UPPER LOW OVER WYOMING
AND MOST SIGNIFICANT SHORT WAVE/DESTABILIZER COMING OUT ACROSS SE WY/
N CO AND HELPING IGNITE CONVECTION OUT ACROSS NW KS/W NEBRASKA.
EXPECT THIS TO FORM BASIS FOR POTENTIAL MCS LATER TONIGHT FURTHER EAST.
IOWA ACTIVITY ONLY THE PRELIMINARY FROM SHORT WAVE PUSHING ACROSS MN
AND ...NW IA.   A BIT OF STABILITY WILL PROBABLY KEEP RAIN RATES FROM
GETTING TOO HIGH THE FURTHER EAST ACROSS NE IOWA AND W WI...AS A MATTER
OF FACT BACKBUILDING OF IR COLD TOPS ALREADY NOTED PAST HR OR SO WHERE
COLDEST TOPS THAT HAD BEEN IN S CENTRAL MN HAVE MIGRATED AND MERGED WITH
DEVELOPING COLD TOPS W CENTRAL TO INTERIOR N CENTRAL IA.  THINK COLDEST
TOP WILL EXPAND/MIGRATE WEST/SW AND MEET WITH NEBRASKA CONVECTION COMING
IN FROM THE WEST (THE MCS?) LATER TONIGHT.  BOUNDARIES PLAY AN IMPORTANT
ROLE AND THE BOUNDARY WILL BE THE FOCUS FOR HIGHEST MOISTURE POOLING
AND CONVECTIVE ACTIVITY...ESPECIALLY IF THE LOW LEVEL JET AND MOISTURE
CONTINUE TO INCREASE.  AND THAT ALREADY BEGINNING TO OCCUR WITH LOW LEVEL
JET AND UPPER LEVEL JET NOSING IN...NOT SURE YET WITH MOISTURE TRANSPORT.
BEST SURFACE MOISTURE CONVERGENCE ASSOCIATED WITH FRONT NOW DRAPED E
CENTRAL NEBRASKA THRU C IOWA AND THAT PRETTY MUCH WILL REMAIN OR DRIFT
A LITTLE SOUTH OVERNIGHT.    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 4311 9299 4134 9329 4072 9807 4172 9682 4310 9512
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