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SATELLITE PRECIPITATION ESTIMATES..DATE/TIME 08/08/08 0003Z
SATELLITE ANALYSIS BRANCH/NESDIS---NPPU---TEL.301-763-8678
LATEST DATA USED: GOES-11: 2353		DS
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LOCATION...W COLORADO...SW WYOMING...UTAH...SE IDAHO...
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ATTN WFOS...PUB...CYS...RIW...GJT...SLC...PIH...
ATTN RFCS...WGRFC...CBRFC...NWRFC...
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EVENT...CELLS BUILDING NWD INTO SW WY..OTHER STORMS CONTINUE IN UT/W CO
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SATELLITE ANALYSIS AND TRENDS...WV SHOWS S/WV CONTINUING TO ROTATE OVER
THE RIDGE WITH LIFT STILL SPARKING NEW CNVTN AS IT PASSES THROUGH SE ID/N
UT TWDS SW WY. IR SHOWS COLD CLOUD TOPS STILL OVER MUCH OF E CENTRAL
UT BUT THOSE ARE NOW WARMING AND CELLS WEAKENING. ONLY EXCEPTION MAY
BE OVER E GARFIELD COUNTY WHERE VIS STILL DETECTS PERSISTENT UPDRAFTS
TRYING TO WORK THEIR WAY S. OVER NE UT INTO SW WY IS A DIFFERENT STORY
THOUGH AS CELLS HAVE BUILT NWD INTO YET UNTOUCHED AIR MASS WHERE PW'S
AROUND 1-1.1" EXIST WITH SOME ADDTL LOW LVL MOISTURE ADVECTING WNWWD
ON SERLY SFC FLOW. ONE LARGE CELL IS PRESENT OVER N UINTAH COUNTY AND
ANOTHER GROUP OF CELLS OVER NW SWEETWATER/SE LINCOLN COUNTIES IN WY IS
SEEN BUILDING WWD. ADDITIONALLY..TWO NEW BUT FAIRLY WEAK CELLS HAVE FORMED
OVER CACHE/WEBER AND RICH COUNTIES. MUCH OF NE UT/SW WY IS WITHIN AN AREA
OF UPPER LVL DVG PER GOES STLT WINDS THAT IS ALLOWING FOR GREATER VERTICAL
GROWTH OF STORMS AS THEY ENTER THIS AREA PER COLDER TOPS SEEN IN IR.
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WARMER TOPPED CELLS ARE SEEN FORMING OVER SE ID/NW AND W CENTRAL UT
THAT MAY STILL PRODUCE SOME LOCALLY HVY RAINS AS THEY MOVE E/ESEWD AND
EXPAND/INTERACT.
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OVER CO CELLS APPEAR TO BE HEADED GENERALLY NWD WITH THE MOST IMPRESSIVE
CELLS IN IR/VIS OVER DELTA/E MESA E GARFIELD COUNTIES. THETA-E AXIS
EXTENDS JUST E OF THE CO/UT BORDER INTO S CENTRAL WY AND THEN NWWD INTO
SE ID. WITH ABOVE AVG MOISTURE STILL OVER THE AREA..RAIN RATES UP TO
1"/HR ARE STILL POSSIBLE.
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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 4318 11240 4202 10830 3765 10659 3768 11149 4039 11342
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