ZCZC NFDSPENES ALL SPENES MNZ000-SDZ000-NDZ000- . SATELLITE PRECIPITATION ESTIMATES..DATE/TIME 04/25/08 2237Z SATELLITE ANALYSIS BRANCH/NESDIS---NPPU---TEL.301-763-8678 LATEST DATA USED: GOES-12 2215Z KUSSELSON . LOCATION...W AND NW MINNESOTA...E SOUTH DAKOTA...EXT SE NORTH DAKOTA... . ATTN WFOS...MPX...FGF...FSD...ABR... ATTN RFCS...NCRFC...MBRFC... . EVENT...MOISTURE TRANSPORT AND INSTABILITY STILL ADEQUATE TO SUPPORT HVY SNOW E SD INTO W MN NEXT 3HRS... . SATELLITE ANALYSIS AND TRENDS...CONVEYOR BELT OF MOISTURE ILLINOIS TO EASTERN WI CURVING INTO N MN AND INTO E SD CONTINUES THE PIPELINE OF DEEP MOISTURE BACK INTO THE COLD AIR. AT THE SAME TIME UPPER LEVEL DEFORMATION/DIFFLUENCE PROVIDING INSTABILITY AND COMMA PIVOT THE PERSISTENCE FOR MODERATE TO HVY SNOW TO CONTINUE E CENTRAL (MAYBE NEXT 2HRS) TO NE SD NEXT 3HRS INTO W CENTRAL MN (NARROW BUT POTENT MODERATE SNOW PRODUCER NEAR SD-ND BORDER). SATELLITE TECHNIQUE GIVING ONE INCH PER HR AND ISOLATED SLIGHTLY HIGHER RATES FROM PARTICULAR CLOUD TOPS AND WHERE THERE IS COOLING OR OVERSHOOTING TOPS...IE DAY AND MARSHALL COUNTY AND S RICHLAND COUNTY IN SE ND AND WILKIN/TRAVERSE COUNTY IN W CENTRAL MN. THOUGH WARMING CLOUDS WERE NOTED OVER BEADLE AND SANBORN...BASIC COMMA WINTER STORM SATELLITE SIGNATURE IN PLACE TO KEEP SNOW AT A STEADY LIGHT RATE. WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR... SEE GRAPHICAL ANALYSIS ON WEB PAGE AT ADDRESS BELOW... . SEE NCEP HPC DISCUSSION AND QPF/S FOR FORECAST. ....NESDIS IS A MEMBER OF 12 PLANET.... . SSD/SAB WEB ADDRESS FOR PRECIP ESTIMATES: HTTP://WWW.SSD.NOAA.GOV/PS/PCPN/ ...ALL LOWER CASE EXCEPT /PS/PCPN/ . LAT...LON 4713 9646 4655 9491 4347 9806 4404 9840 . NNNN