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SATELLITE PRECIPITATION ESTIMATES..DATE/TIME 04/26/08 0140Z
SATELLITE ANALYSIS BRANCH/NESDIS---NPPU---TEL.301-763-8678
LATEST DATA USED: GOES-12 0130Z  KUSSELSON
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LOCATION...MINNESOTA...E SOUTH DAKOTA...SE NORTH DAKOTA...
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ATTN WFOS...DLH...MPX...FGF...FSD...ABR...
ATTN RFCS...NCRFC...MBRFC...
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EVENT...COMMA CLOUD REFORMING NE SD/EXT SE ND INTO W MN...FOCUS OF STEADY
SNOW NEXT FEW HRS...
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SATELLITE ANALYSIS AND TRENDS...CLOUD TOP TEMP WARMING AND ENHANCEMENT
FRAGMENTING SE TO E CENTRAL SD AND AS A RESULT SNOW QUICKLY DECREASING
FURTHER.  AT THE SAME TIME COMMA AND PIVOT ARM STILL WELL ORGANIZED
FAR NE SD INTO SE ND AND W CENTRAL MN WITH STEADY MODERATE TO HVY SNOW
ONGOING THERE.  CONSIDERING EQUILIBRIUM LEVEL TEMP ON 00Z ABR SOUNDING
WAS 862MB OR -10C AND WRAP AROUND COMMA CLOUD TOP TEMPS IN THE -35C
RANGE...THIS WOULD EASILY GIVE ONE INCH PER HR SNOWS WITH ISOLATED 2
INCHES PER HR CENTERED ROBERTS COUNTY SD TO RICHLAND COUNTY ND INTO    W
GRANT...OTTER TAIL...BECKER COUNTY OF W MN WHERE EVEN SOME OVERSHOOTING
TOPS WOULD SUPPORT HIGHER RATES.  IF INSTABILITY WAS NOT ENOUGH FROM
DEFORMATION PIVOT ARM....CONVEYOR BELT OF DEEP MOISTURE INTO COLD AIR
FROM SUBTROPICAL MOISTURE LIKE AIR BACK IN WI AND W MI
SUPPLYING THE FUEL TO KEEP THE FIRE BURNING...SO TO SPEAK.  AS DEFORMATION
SLOWLY DRIFTS EAST AND NE...SO WILL STEADY SNOW AND BACK EDGE IN NE SD
AND SE ND WILL SLOWLY WIND DOWN BUT PROBABLY NOT TILL AFTER 06Z.   WILL
CONTINUE TO MONITOR...GRAPHICAL ANALYSIS ON INTERNET 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 4884 9396 4758 9191 4619 9541 4461 9572 4440 9725 4689
9713
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