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SATELLITE PRECIPITATION ESTIMATES..DATE/TIME 05/12/08 1633Z
SATELLITE ANALYSIS BRANCH/NESDIS---NPPU---TEL.301-763-8678
LATEST DATA USED: GOES-11 1615Z KUSSELSON
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LOCATION...MONTANA...WYOMING...IDAHO...
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ATTN WFOS...BYZ...RIW...TFX...PIH...
ATTN RFCS...MBRFC...NWRFC...
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EVENT...BAND OF PRECIP CLOUDS DROPPING SOUTH IN W MONTANA TO MERGE WITH
SHRINKING DEFORMATION PRECIP CLOUDS MOSTLY SW MONTANA...
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SATELLITE ANALYSIS AND TRENDS...SOME LUMPINESS TO VIS CLOUDS CENTERED SW
MONTANA FROM MADISON TO GALLATIN TO PARK COUNTY.   AREA BETTER DEFINED ON
VIS AND BETWEEN RADAR AND MAIN SFC OBS SITES...SO COMMENT ABOUT LITTLE
OR NO PRECIP A BIT PREMATURE.  IF THESE PRECIP PRODUCING CLOUDS CAN
HANG AROUND FOR ANOTHER 3-6HRS THEY WILL BE JOINED BY ENHANCED IR CLOUD
BAND AND STEADIER PRECIP DROPPING SOUTH THRU W THIRD OF MT.  PW MOISTURE
ADVECTION HERE GENERALLY WEAK...SO DYNAMICS TO BE IMPORTANT FOR KEEPING
PRECIP GOING THIS AFTERNOON.
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 4569 11098 4501 10924 4438 10969 4387 11093 4467 11243
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