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SATELLITE PRECIPITATION ESTIMATES..DATE/TIME 05/28/08 1459Z
SATELLITE ANALYSIS BRANCH/NESDIS---NPPU---TEL.301-763-8678
LATEST DATA USED: GOES-11 1445Z  KUSSELSON
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LOCATION...W MONTANA...WYOMING...UTAH...IDAHO...
LOCATION...N NEVADA...N CALIFORNIA...OREGON...E WASHINGTON...
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ATTN WFOS...RIW...TFX...SLC...PIH...MSO...BOI...LKN...OTX...PDT...
ATTN WFOS...REV...MFR...STO...
ATTN RFCS...MBRFC...CBRFC...NWRFC...CNRFC...
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EVENT...UPPER LEVEL TROUGH...VORTS...MOISTURE AND WET SOILS FOR AN
INTERESTING MAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING IN THE WEST...
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SATELLITE ANALYSIS AND TRENDS...BIG PICTURE STAND OUTS INCLUDE UPPER LEVEL
LOW/TROUGH OVER NE CA THAT WAS LIFTING NORTH/NE.  SIGNIFICANT VORT COMMA
INCLUDING COMMA TAIL LIFTING NORTH AND CENTERED ACROSS S HALF OF IDAHO.
JET AXIS AS PER SATELLITE WINDS FROM SAN DIEGO TO ITS NOSE ALONG THE
UTAH-CO-WY BORDER.  AND ALL IMPORTANT PW MOISTURE WITH MAX OF NEAR 1.0
INCH NW OREGON AND PLUME OR MAXIMUM BRANCH EXTENDING ACROSS E CENTRAL
OREGON INTO CENTRAL IDAHO TO WY-ID-MT BORDER.  THIS PW MOISTURE IS NOT
EXCEPTIONAL FOR THIS TIME OF YEAR BUT IT IS GENERALLY NEAR OR JUST ABOVE
THE 75 PERCENTILE OR BETWEEN 1.5 AND 1.75 STANDARD DEVS ABOVE NORMAL.
WOULD EXPECT MAIN UPPER TROUGH NOW NE CA AND LIFTING N/NE TO BE A
DESTABILIZING MECHANISM...ALONG WITH WELL ORGANIZED IDAHO VORT COMMA
THAT HAD A WEAK BUT NOTICEABLE 300MB DIV AREA FOR LIFT.  ALSO JET AXIS
FROM SAN DIEGO TO UT-WY BORDER AREA THAT SHOULD LIFT NORTH AND NNW THAT
COULD HAVE AN INFLUENCE ESPECIALLY ALONG AND JUST WEST OF THE AXIS IN
HIGHER MOISTURE.  AND IN ADDITION TO ALL THIS STRENGTHEN UPPER DIFFLUENCE
N UT/NE NV NORTH/NEWD TO SW MONTANA AND ANY BREAKS IN CLOUDS THAT CAN LEAD
TO INCREASING INSOLATION FOR INCREASING INSTABILITY AND INTERESTING HIGH
LEVEL FEATURE ON WATER VAPOR COMING INTO S CALIFORNIA FROM THE SOUTHWEST.
WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON FOR POTENTIAL ISOLATED
FF THREATS.
SEE SATELLITE GRAPHICAL ANALYSIS ON HOME PAGE IN 10 MINUTES 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 4665 11710 4603 11274 4292 11030 4049 11635 4061 12184
4307 12186 4471 12063
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