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SATELLITE PRECIPITATION ESTIMATES..DATE/TIME 05/01/08 0147Z
SATELLITE ANALYSIS BRANCH/NESDIS---NPPU---TEL.301-763-8678
LATEST DATA USED: GOES-12/11 0130Z KUSSELSON
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LOCATION...W NEBRASKA...W SOUTH DAKOTA...W NORTH DAKOTA...E MONTANA...
LOCATION...WYOMING...CENTRAL IDAHO...
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ATTN WFOS...ABR...BIS...UNR...CYS...BYZ...RIW...PIH...
ATTN RFCS...MBRFC...CBRFC...NWRFC...
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EVENT...UPPER LOW/TROF CONTINUING TO DEEPEN AND INCREASING CLOUD
ENHANCEMENT COLORADO TO W SD/E MT...
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SATELLITE ANALYSIS AND TRENDS...23Z SATELLITE WINDS ONLY ABLE TO FIND
ONE TRACER OF 135KTS IN N CENTRAL OREGON AS RADIOSONDE DATA THIS EVENING
HAD SPOTTY 100-115KTS ABOVE 500MB OREGON TO NEVADA.   IN ANY CASE STRONG
WINDS STILL COMING AROUND BACK SIDE OF TROUGH NOW ORIENTED N-S FROM W
MONTANA THRU C IDAHO TO W UTAH/NW AZ.   TROUGH SHARPENING IN RESPONSE TO
STRONG BACK SIDE WINDS AND WOULD EXPECT CONTINUED DEEPENING AND DIGGING
OF UPPER LOW NOW BEST DEPICTED IN S CENTRAL IDAHO.  ON FRONT SIDE OF
TROUGH...MODERATE COONVEYOR BELT OF MOISTURE NOW BEGINNING TO ORGANIZE
BETTER ESPECIALLY FROM CENTRAL TX NORTH THRU
C OK...INTERIOR E KS.   THIS DEEPENING MOISTURE WILL EVENTUALLY TEAM
UP WITH SECONDARY MOISTURE PLUME ORGANIZING CENTRAL OHIO VALLEY TO
THE DAKOTAS FOR A READY SUPPLY/PIPELINE OF MOISTURE TO FEED ANY BIT OF
INSTABILITY COMING OUT AHEAD OF TROUGH.  IT HELPS QUITE A BIT THAT DEEP
MOISTURE ALREADY IN PLACE AS PER LATEST KBIS AND KRAP PWS AND BLENDED
TPW PRODUCT AT:  HTTP://AMSU.CIRA.COLOSTATE.EDU/GPSTPW ATTEST WITH BOTH
VALUES THIS EVENING ALREADY IN THE 75 PERCENTILE COMPARED WITH CLIMO OR
JUST UNDER 2 STANDARD DEVS.  UPPER DIFFLUENCE SEEN AS WELL IN WATER VAPOR
AND SATELLITE WINDS FROM N COLORADO ACROSS WYOMING THAT WILL CONTINUE TO
ALLOW CLOUD TOPS TO EXPAND AND COOL CENTERED ON E WY...EXT SE MT INTO
W SD.   THIS WILL BE AN EVOLVING EVENT AS ALL THE PLAYERS CONTINUE TO
ORGANIZE...SEE NCEP HPC PRECIPITATION AND SNOW FORECASTS FOR FURTHER
DETAILS OF THE GORY DETAIL FOR THIS UNUSUAL EARLY MAY EVENT.
WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR...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 4659 10229 4447 10147 4105 10471 4141 10746 4382 11194
4628 10741
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