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SATELLITE PRECIPITATION ESTIMATES..DATE/TIME 05/28/08 1815Z
SATELLITE ANALYSIS BRANCH/NESDIS---NPPU---TEL.301-763-8678
LATEST DATA USED: GOES-11 1730Z    CW
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LOCATION...N UTAH...S-CENT IDAHO...NE NEVADA...
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ATTN WFOS...RIW...TFX...SLC...PIH...MSO...BOI...LKN...
ATTN RFCS...MBRFC...CBRFC...NWRFC...
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EVENT...INCREASING CONVECTION LIKELY TO CAUSE PROBLEMS OVER BURN AREAS
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SATELLITE ANALYSIS AND TRENDS...OVER THE LAST 30 MINS CONVECTIVE CELLS
HAVE DEVELOPED ALONG THE NV/UT/ID BORDER.  CLOUD TOP TEMPS ARE ONLY AROUND
-44C..INDICATING THAT THEY ARE RATHER WARM-TOPPED.  UPPER-LVL DIVERGENCE
HAS BEEN INCREASING SLIGHTLY PER STLT WIND FIELD ACROSS S-CENT ID OVER THE
LAST 1 HR..MOST LIKELY IN RESPONSE TO A SW-NE ORIENTED JET STREAK MOVING
ACROSS S-CENT UT.  WITH THIS INCREASING DIVERGENCE TREND ALOFT IT MAY LEAD
TO STRONG ENOUGH UVVS TO SUSTAIN THE CONVECTION AS IT MOVES SLOWLY NWD.
STRONGEST CELLS APPEAR TO BE CURRENTLY LOCATED OVER CASSIA/ONEIDA/POWER
COUNTIES IN S ID.
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AS MENTIONED IN PREVIOUS SPENES MESSAGE (1459Z)..PW MOISTURE ACROSS THE
NW US IS RUNNING ABOUT 150-175 PERCENT ABOVE NORMAL.  WHILE THIS IS NOT
EXPECTED TO BE A WIDESPREAD HVY RAIN EVENT..BRIEF PERIODS OF MOD/HVY
RAINFALL WILL BE PROBLEMATIC FOR BURN AREAS ACROSS CENT ID.
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PLEASE SEE WEB ADDRESS BELOW IN ABOUT 10 MINS FOR STLT GRAPHIC.
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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 4525 11632 4421 11105 4183 11202 4181 11696
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