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SATELLITE PRECIPITATION ESTIMATES..DATE/TIME 05/24/08 1131Z
SATELLITE ANALYSIS BRANCH/NESDIS---NPPU---TEL.301-763-8678
LATEST DATA USED: GOES-11/12 1115Z KUSSELSON
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LOCATION...W SOUTH DAKOTA...SW NORTH DAKOTA...MONTANA...
LOCATION...C AND N WYOMING...
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ATTN WFOS...BIS...UNR...CYS...BYZ...GGW...RIW...TFX...
ATTN RFCS...MBRFC...
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EVENT...UPPER VORT/LOW WYOMING...BEST MOISTURE AND MOISTURE ADVECTION
JUST TO THE NORTH FOR CONTINUED FF THREATS W SD THRU WY AND MONTANA...
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SATELLITE ANALYSIS AND TRENDS...LOW LEVEL CIRCULATION C WYOMING WITH
DEFORMATION AND SHORT WAVE FORCING ACTING ON MODERATE MOISTURE FOR GENERAL
0.1"-0.3"/HR RATES WITH SLIGHTLY HIGHER RATES IN CONVECTIVE WARM TOPS.
NOT TOO CONCERNED FOR ANY WIDESPREAD FLOOD PROBLEMS CENTRAL WYOMING AS
BEST MOISTURE AND ADVECTION TO THE NORTH.   THIS WILL BE ACTED ON THIS
AFTERNOON AND EVENING (ALREADY BEING ACTED ON IN SE TO S CENTRAL MONTANA
THIS MORNING) WITH UPPER LEVEL LOW/VORT NOW IN
C WY  AND SECONDARY VORT TROF LIFTING NORTH THRU W SD ACTING ON
DEEP MOISTURE FOR BETTER CHANCE OF HIGHER RAIN RATES...LARGER AREAL
RAIN COVERAGE AND INCREASING UPSLOPE AND MORE SATURATED MOISTURE/SOIL
CONDITIONS.  EXPECT HVY RAIN TO CONTINUE W SD...ESPECIALLY VIC OF BLACK
HILLS AMD SPILLING OVER IN TO SE MT AND NE WY.  HEIGHTEN FLOOD WATCH FOR
THE MORNING WESTERN SD AND CAN EXPECT INCREASING HVY RAIN/FLOOD  POTENTIAL
N CENTRAL WY/S CENTRAL MONTANA STARTING LATER THAN MID- MORNING THRU
SATURDAY NIGHT AND GRADUALLY WORK INTO CENTRAL AND INTERIOR NW MONTANA
THIS AFTERNOON AND NIGHT. FETCH...MOISTURE TRANSPORT...LIFT AND GENTLE
UPSLOPE FOR EXPANDING FLOOD THREAT TO GNP WITH SPILLOVER LIGHTER PRECIP
FAR WESTERN MT/IDAHO BORDER.
WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR...
SATELLITE RAINFALL ESTIMATES IN THE W SD TO MOSTLY N WY/E AND SE MONTANA
GENERALLY RUNNING 0.7"-0.9" PER 3HRS ENDING.  SEE GRAPHICAL PRODUCT OF
ESTIMATES 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 4875 11356 4858 10897 4482 10200 4336 10305 4313 10796
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