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SATELLITE PRECIPITATION ESTIMATES..DATE/TIME 01/18/09 2055Z
SATELLITE ANALYSIS BRANCH/NESDIS---NPPU---TEL.301-763-8678
LATEST DATA USED: GOES-11...BLENDED TPW PRODUCTS THRU 18Z  KUSSELSON
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LOCATION...ARIZONA...S NEVADA...CALIFORNIA...
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ATTN WFOS...TWC...FGZ...PSR...VEF...SGX...HNX...LOX...MTR...
ATTN RFCS...CBRFC...CNRFC...
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EVENT...FRONTAL MOISTURE PLUME SLOW AND STEADILY DRIFTING EAST...
DEEP TROPICAL MOISTURE TO THE SOUTH INCHING NORTH...
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SATELLITE ANALYSIS AND TRENDS...DON'T NORMALLY TALK ABOUT SYSTEMS THAT
ARE AT LEAST 3 DAYS AWAY...BUT THIS AN EXCEPTION AS DURING THE PAST 24HRS
FRONTAL PW MOISTURE PLUME OR AS SOME MAY SAY "AN ATMOSPHERIC RIVER"
THATN HAS BEEN GIVING UNUSUALLY ABOVE NORMAL TEMPS AND RAIN TO ALASKA
FOR THIS TIME OF YEAR...IS ACTUALLY HOLDING TOGETHER NICELY ON ITS SLOW
BUT STEADY EAST DRIFT OVER THE PAST 24HRS.  MAX PW MOISTURE ABOUT 1.4"
AND THAT HAS NOT CHANGED MUCH AS IT BUCK SUPER DRY PWS OFF CA COAST TO
27N/127W TO AT LEAST 49N/136W.  AT THE SAME DEEPER AND HIGHER PW MOISTURE
SITTING DOWN TO THE SOUTH HAS ALSO BEEN INCHING ALONG THE PAST 24HRS...BUT
COMING UP FROM SOUTH TO NORTH.  DEEP MOISTURE HAS ALREADY DRIFTING NORTH
TO SOUTHERN BAJA AND CONTINUING TO LIFT NORTH SLOWLY.   700MB LOW BASED
ON SATELLITE AND VIS IMAGERY ALREADY HAS FORMED NEAR 28N/127W AND CLOSE
TO A 1.73" MAX PW AND MOISTURE DOWN TO THE SOUTH NEAR S BAJA ALREADY
200+ PERCENT ABOVE NORMAL AS FAR NORTH AS 24N.  SO COMBO OF BOTH OF
THOSE SYSTEMS AND AT LEAST 3 OR 4 SYSTEMS ACROSS THE EASTERN/CENTRAL
AND WESTERN PACIFIC WILL CONTINUE TO GIVE BAROCLINIC FRONTAL BAND A
NUDGE/PUSH DURING THW NEXT FEW DAYS AS MOISTURE FROM THE SOUTH BEGINS
TO ERODE DRY AIR THAT HAS BEEN IN PLACE OVER THE AREA FOR OVER A WEEK.
WILL CONTINUE TO FOLLOW DEVELOPMENT OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS.   SATELLITE
ANALYSIS GRAPHIC WILL BE SHORTLY POSTED TO WEB SITE 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 3579 12233 3538 11084 2989 11012 2943 11684 2979 11742

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