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SATELLITE PRECIPITATION ESTIMATES..DATE/TIME 05/27/08 1544Z
SATELLITE ANALYSIS BRANCH/NESDIS---NPPU---TEL.301-763-8678
LATEST DATA USED: GOES-11/12   1530Z KUSSELSON
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LOCATION...W SOUTH DAKOTA...E MONTANA...N WYOMING...
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ATTN WFOS...UNR...BYZ...
ATTN RFCS...MBRFC...
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EVENT...COMPACT VORT COMMA...DEFORMATION AND DIFFLUENCE...NARROW MOISTURE
TRANSPORT FOR CONCENTRATED PRECIP AREA...
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SATELLITE ANALYSIS AND TRENDS...BIG PICTURE SHOWED BEST UPPER LEVEL
CIRCULATION CENTER MOVING INTO BIG HORN COUNTY MT AND JUST AHEAD BEST
BUT NARROW MOISTURE TRANSPORT FROM THE MIDWEST INTO SE/C MT WAS PROVIDING
THE MOISTURE GETTING ENTRAINED INTO CIRC CENTER.  DEFORMATION/
DIFFLUENCE GIVING EXTRA SPIN AND THOUGH PRECIP AREA RELATIVELY SMALL...
CONCENTRATED NATURE GIVING MODERATE PRECIP AMOUNTS CONFINED MOSTLY TO
E ROSEBUD...TREASURE...YELLOWSTONE AND BIG HORN COUNTY IN MONTANA AND
THERE MAY BE SOME BRIEF INTENSE SHOWERY PRECIP IN COMMA BAND EXTENDING
ACROSS EXT SE MT INTO W AND SPECIFICALLY NW SD.  NORMALLY NO BIG
DEAL...BUT THIS PAST WEEK HAS NOT BE ANYTHING NORMAL AND ANOTHER SLOWL
MOVING CIRCULATION CAN RESULT IN ISOLATED PROBLEMS THIS PARTICULAR AREA.
WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR...SEE GRAPHICAL PRODUCT OF SATELLITE ANALYSIS
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 4670 10650 4488 10386 4481 10701 4519 10781
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