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SATELLITE PRECIPITATION ESTIMATES..DATE/TIME 05/27/08 1305Z
SATELLITE ANALYSIS BRANCH/NESDIS---NPPU---TEL.301-763-8678
LATEST DATA USED: GOES-11/12 1245Z KUSSELSON
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LOCATION...MONTANA...EXT N WYOMING...EXT W SOUTH DAKOTA...
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ATTN WFOS...UNR...BYZ...GGW...RIW...
ATTN RFCS...MBRFC...
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EVENT...W-E COMMA CLOUD STRADDLING WY/MT BORDER...ENOUGH PRECIP TO KEEP
FF THREAT GOING...
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SATELLITE ANALYSIS AND TRENDS...VORT COMMA EXT N CENTRAL WY WITH COMMA
TAIL EXTENDING W TO EAST S MONTANA INTO EXT NE WY/W SD.  NORMALLY OF NOT
TOO MUCH CONCERN...BUT CONSIDERING THE PAST WEEK...NOTICEABLE CONCERN
FOR WET SOIL/BANKFULL STREAM AND RIVER AREA FOR A TIME IN
N WY AND W SD THIS MORNING AND ALL MORNING INTO AFTERNOON IN MONTANA.
UNLIKE LAST WEEK...MOISTURE TRANSPORT NOT ALL THAT GOOD...BUT HIGHER
THAN NORMAL MOISTURE AND ENOUGH FORCING, INCLUDING DIFFLUENCE ALOFT
WILL HELP SHOWERS REACH MODERATE RATES AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY BYZ AREA
THIS MORNING.  AND NOT TO MENTION TO SNOW AT HIGHER ELEVS...ESPECIALLY
IN BYZ AND UNR CWA'S.   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 4682 10502 4492 10491 4492 10693 4477 10858 4671 10869
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