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SATELLITE PRECIPITATION ESTIMATES..DATE/TIME 07/04/08 2222Z
SATELLITE ANALYSIS BRANCH/NESDIS---NPPU---TEL.301-763-8678
LATEST DATA USED: GOES-11 2200Z        CW
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LOCATION...MONTANA...
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ATTN WFOS...BYZ...GGW...TFX...MSO...
ATTN RFCS...MBRFC...NWRFC...
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EVENT...MOD/HVY RAINFALL POSSIBLE AS CLOUD TOPS COOL AND EXPAND AHEAD
OF S/WV
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SATELLITE ANALYSIS AND TRENDS...LATEST GOES WV ANIMATION AND STLT-DERIVED
WINDS SUGGEST WEAK/MOD UPPER-LVL DIFFLUENCE ACROSS W/SW MT IS PRESENT
AHEAD OF EWD PROPAGATING S/WV.  S/WV IS SEEN MOVING ACROSS ID INTO W MT AT
THIS HR AND AS A RESULT OF THIS MID-LVL FORCING AND FAVORABLE UPPER-LVL
DIFFLUENT REGION..SHOWERS AND TSTMS HAVE DEVELOPED AND ARE MOVING NNE
ACROSS W/CENTRAL MT.  IR IMAGERY SHOWS CLOUD TOPS HAVE COOLED TO -62C
BETWEEN BTM AND HLN IN THE LAST 2 HRS.  CURRENTLY STORMS ARE MOVING
RELATIVELY QUICKLY..HOWEVER PERIODS OF MOD/HVY RAINS CAN BE EXPECTED TO
CONTINUE DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON HR AND CARRY INTO THE EVENING HRS AS
TPW VALUES ARE ABOUT 150-200 PERCENT ABOVE NORMAL (GENERALLY NEAR 1.0"
ACROSS MT PER GOES SOUNDER).
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STLT GRAPHIC WILL BE AVAILABLE AT BELOW WEB ADDRESS IN ABOUT 10 MINS.
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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 4863 11271 4844 10565 4513 10696 4582 11386
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