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SATELLITE PRECIPITATION ESTIMATES..DATE/TIME 10/05/08 0155Z
SATELLITE ANALYSIS BRANCH/NESDIS---NPPU---TEL.301-763-8678
LATEST DATA USED: GOES-11 0145Z KUSSELSON
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LOCATION...N ARIZONA...SW UTAH...SE NEVADA...
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ATTN WFOS...FGZ...SLC...VEF...LKN...
ATTN RFCS...CBRFC...CNRFC...
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EVENT...WARM TOP CONVECTION...SLIGHTLY ELEVATED PW VALUES BUT NOT MUCH
HIGHER THAN 0.7�...HVY RAIN S NV INTO SW UTAH...
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SATELLITE ANALYSIS AND TRENDS...CONVECTIVE WARM TOPS STAYING AROUND -40C
FOR COLDEST TOPS AND THIS STILL NEAR OR COLDER THAN LATEST EQUILIBRIUM
LEVEL TEMP.  DIFFICULT ASPECT OF RAINFALL IS HOW MUCH IS REALLY REACHING
AS SFC T-TD GRADIENT LARGE BETWEEN S CENTRAL UT (LOW) AND EXT S NV (HIGH).
MAX RAINFALL RATES COULD BE NEAR 0.6� PER HR JUST ON PW VALUES OVER
THE AREA...BUT GRADIENT ALSO VERY SHARP.
IN ANY CASE ...EVEN THOUGH MOISTURE MARGINAL...OROGRAPHICS AND DYNAMIC
LIFT FROM SHEAR VORTICITY AND NOSING JET AND SHORT WAVE DYNAMICS
CONTINUING TO DROP SOUTH IN RESPONSE TO UPSTREAM 100KTS WINDS COMING INTO
N CA.   WILL KEEP POTENTIAL FOR LOCAL HVY RAIN AND  ISOLATED FF GOING
THRU EVENING AS THESE COOLER WARM TOPS CONTINUE INTO SW UT AND FAR NW AZ
FROM LINCOLN AND NE CLARK COUNTY NV.    WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR...SEE
SATELLITE ANALYSIS GRAPHICAL PRODUCT ON INTERNET AT THE 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 3943 11228 3695 11095 3629 11463 3795 11602
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