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SATELLITE PRECIPITATION ESTIMATES..DATE/TIME 05/11/08 0149Z
SATELLITE ANALYSIS BRANCH/NESDIS---NPPU---TEL.301-763-8678
LATEST DATA USED: GOES-12 0130Z   KUSSELSON
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LOCATION...W ILLINOIS...N MISSOURI...C AND S IOWA...
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ATTN WFOS...ILX...LSX...DVN...DMX...EAX...
ATTN RFCS...NCRFC...MBRFC...
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EVENT...FF CONCERNS LOWERING AS MOISTURE TRANSPORT GETTING DISTURBED
FROM STORMS TO THE SOUTH AND UPPER TROUGH DIGGING SE...
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SATELLITE ANALYSIS AND TRENDS...LATEST PW ANALYSIS FROM RADIOSONDE...GOES
SOUNDER AND GPS HAD PW MOISTURE OR CONCENTRATION OF HIGHEST MOISTURE
FROM LOUISIANA/EXT SE TX NORTHWARD THRU ARKANSAS...MO INTO IOWA...SE MN
AND W WI.   THAT STEADILY MOVING EAST...PROBLEM IS BLOSSOMED CONVECTION
TO THE SOUTH HAS DISTURBED THE HIGHER MOISTURE TRANSPORT FROM GETTING
THIS FAR NORTH AS SHORT WAVE ENERGY DOES NOT SLOWL DOWN AND IS MOVING
RELATIVELY QUICKLY THRU MO AND IA AND UPPER LOW/MAIN TROUGH TAKES ON
MORE OF AN ESE INSTEAD OF SE TRACK AS STRONGEST UPPER LEVEL WINDS (140KTS
OVER N ARKANSAS) ROUND THE TROUGH AND SHIFT TO THE SE QUAD OF THE TROUGH.
STILL A CHANCE MOISTURE COULD GET THROWN BACK FOR FF THREAT TO CONTINUE
S IA...BUT CHANCES OF THIS HAPPENIGN FOR CENTRAL AND ESPECIALLY NORTH
ARE WANING.   WILL HAVE TO KEEP AN EYE ON ILLINOIS FOR LATER TONIGHT...BUT
NO PROBLEMS IN ILLINOIS FOR THE IMMEDIATE FUTURE.
WILL CONTINUE MONITOR...WILL SEND GRAPHICAL ANALYSIS SHORTLY AND IT WILL
BE ON THE WEB SITE AT THE 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 4247 9404 4217 9056 3995 9089 3984 9306 4049 9404
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