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SATELLITE PRECIPITATION ESTIMATES..DATE/TIME 07/21/08 2116Z
SATELLITE ANALYSIS BRANCH/NESDIS---NPPU---TEL.301-763-8678
LATEST DATA USED: GOES-11: 2100Z		DS
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LOCATION...SW IDAHO...N NEVADA...SE OREGON...
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ATTN WFOS...PIH...BOI...LKN...REV...
ATTN RFCS...CBRFC...NWRFC...CNRFC...
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EVENT...LOCALLY HVY RAINFALL POSSIBLE
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SATELLITE ANALYSIS AND TRENDS...UPPER LOW SPINNING ALONG THE N CA
COASTLINE CONTINUES TO PULL MONSOONAL MOISTURE NWD FROM THE SW INTO
THE GREAT BASIN. GOES SOUNDER INDICATES LI'S OF -4 TO -6 PRESENT OVER N
CENTRAL NV AND PW VALUES AROUND OR JUST UNDER 1". CIRA TPW PCT OF NORMAL
LOOP INDICATES THIS IS NR 200% OF NORMAL FOR THE AREA. RECENT VIS/IR
IMAGES HAVE SHOWN AN INCREASE IN AREAL COVERAGE OF STORMS..THOUGH STILL
VERY WARM TOPPED DUE TO EL'S OF -43C/-37C PER LKN/REV 18Z SOUNDINGS. STORM
NOW MOVING NWD ACROSS LANDER COUNTY HAS CLOUD TOP TO -48C IN 2100Z IR
IMAGE. OBJECTIVE ANALYSIS REVEALS N CENTRAL NV IS ON THE NOSE OF THETA-E
AXIS STRETCHING NWWD FROM AZ AND AN AREA OF SFC MOISTURE CNVG EXISTS
OVER THE N PART OF THE STATE..ROUGHLY FROM KNFL TO JUST E OF KEKO TO
KREO/OR. WITH WV IMAGERY SHOWING UPPER LVL DIFFLUENCE PRESENT OVER NW/N
CENTRAL NV DUE TO FLOW AROUND UPPER LOW AND STLT WINDS/WV INDICATING
A 40KT JET STREAK PASSING NEWD OVER CENTRAL CA/CENTRAL NV AND GETTING
SQUEEZED BETWEEN THE UPPER LOW AND UPPER HIGH..CNVTN SHOULD CONTINUE
OVER THE NRN PART OF THE STATE WITH CHC OF HVY RAINFALL UNTIL DAYTIME
HEATING BEGINS TO WEAKEN. SEE WEB ADDRESS BELOW IN ABOUT 10 MIN FOR
GRAPHIC ANALYSIS.
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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 4268 11747 4256 11406 3925 11476 4003 11875
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