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SATELLITE PRECIPITATION ESTIMATES..DATE/TIME 01/18/09 2249Z
SATELLITE ANALYSIS BRANCH/NESDIS---NPPU---TEL.301-763-8678
LATEST DATA USED: GOES-12 2230Z KUSSELSON
NOAA AMSU:2120Z/1730Z
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LOCATION...MAINE...E MASSACHUSETTS...NEW HAMPSHIRE...RHODE ISLAND...
LOCATION...CONNECTICUT...SE NEW YORK...
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ATTN WFOS...CAR...GYX...BOX...OKX...
ATTN RFCS...NERFC...
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EVENT...FIRST WAVE LIFTING OUT ACROSS SW MAINE...ADDITIONAL WAVE COMING
THRU THE CAROLINAS FOR ADDITIONAL PRECIP LATER TONIGHT...
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SATELLITE ANALYSIS AND TRENDS...WATER VAPOR LOOP CONTINUES TO SHOW MAIN
UPPER LOW SPINNING ACROSS EASTERN LAKE HURON.  MID LEVEL SHORT WAVE
DESCRIBED IN LAST MESSAGE NOW SPEEDING NE AND JUST EAST OF THE NH-MA-ME
BORDER AREA.  ONCE THAT GOES BY...SIGNIFICANT STEADY SNOW DECREASES
RAPIDLY.  THAT WILL HAPPEN ACROSS SW MAINE EARLY THIS EVENING (NEXT FEW
HRS FROM SW TO NE AND S CENTRAL AND DOWNEAST MAINE FROM WEST TO EAST
TONIGHT.  ALL EYES NOW FOCUSED BACK TO THE SOUTHWEST WITH UPPER TROUGH/
SHORT WAVE BEGINNING TO LIFT NE ACROSS THE CAROLINAS/S VIRGINIA.
ANTICYCLONIC BULGE SHOWING UP JUST AHEAD ACROSS S CENTRAL PA.  STILL QUITE
A BIT OF MOISTURE E NORTH CAROLINA THRU SE VA THAT WILL BE LIFTED NE AHEAD
OF THIS SHORT WAVE.  AND WITH NARROW BUT EXCELLENT MOISTURE TRANSPORT
IN PLACE FROM N FL TO JUST EAST OF HATTERAS ON INTO LI AND
C AND E NEW ENGLAND...CAN EXPECT ANOTHER DOES OF MOISTURE ADVECTION
AND SHORT WAVE FORCING COMING TOGETHER LATER THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT
FOR STEADY SNOW FROM EASTERN LI NORTHEASTWARD FROM SW TO NE TONIGHT AND
DURING THE OVERNIGHT PERIOD.  LATEST NOAA AMSU PASS HAD PWS AS HIGH AS
0.8" CENTERED 38.5N/70W WITH SOUTH TO SSW ADVECTION WINDS PUMPING THAT
TOWARD SE NEW ENGLAND...SO THIS WILL BE MEETING UP WITH COLD ADVECTION
CURRENTLY FILTERING INTO SE NEW ENGLAND LATER TONIGHT.  STAY TUNED!
SEE GRAPHICAL ANALYSIS ON HOME PAGE SHORTLY AT 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 4647 6685 4255 6501 4043 7191 4126 7262
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