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SATELLITE PRECIPITATION ESTIMATES..DATE/TIME 05/23/08 1134Z
SATELLITE ANALYSIS BRANCH/NESDIS---NPPU---TEL.301-763-8678
LATEST DATA USED: GOES-11  1115Z KUSSELSON
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LOCATION...W/SW NEW MEXICO...C AND E ARIZONA...
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ATTN WFOS...ABQ...EPZ...TWC...FGZ...PSR...VEF...
ATTN RFCS...CBRFC...
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EVENT...TWO ENHANCED BANDS AND ADDITIONAL SHORT WAVE IN CA FOR MORE
ACTIVITY THIS AFTERNOON...
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SATELLITE ANALYSIS AND TRENDS...MAIN UPPER LOW NEAR AZ-CA-NV BORDER
AND HAS TEMPORARILY STOPPED ITS RETROGRADING WEST AS ALMOST EQUAL
JET MAX IN SE QUAD OF TROUGH OVER SE NM AS PER SATELLITE WINDS AT 08Z.
VORT THAT IGNITED THE S CA CONVECTION YESTERDAY NOW ROTATING NEWD ACROSS
INTERIOR SW TO CENTRAL AZ AND HELPING TO ENHANCE PRECIP CENTERED ON
MARICOPA...BUT WITH SLIGHTLY WEAKER RAIN RATES AS ENHANCED WARM CLOUD
TOPS HAVE SHRUNK...BUT NARROW ENHANCEMENT HOLDING TOGETHER NICELY TO
THE NORTH UP THRU S COCONINO COUNTY FOR SOME ENHANCED MOUNTAIN SNOW AND
LOWER ELEV RAINS.  OTHER AREA OF ENAHNCEMENT FURTHER EAST INTERIOR SE AZ
INTO EXT W CENTRAL NM FOR SOME LIGHT TO MODERATE AMOUNTS...SNOW HIGHEST
ELEVS AND RAIN LOWER SPOTS.   ANOTHER VORT IDENTIFIED IN
S SIERRAS ALONG NV BORDER LOOKS POISED TO DROP SEWD ON BACK SIDE OF LOW
AND COULD KICK OFF ADDITIONAL CONVECTIVE LOOKING SHOWERS LATER TODAY
AND THIS EVENING.     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 3659 11093 3577 10842 3106 10940 3271 11388 3560 11297
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