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SATELLITE PRECIPITATION ESTIMATES..DATE/TIME 02/18/09 0343Z
SATELLITE ANALYSIS BRANCH/NESDIS---NPPU---TEL.301-763-8678
LATEST DATA USED: GOES-11/12 0330Z KUSSELSON
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LOCATION...N AND C UTAH...N COLORADO...S WYOMING...S IDAHO...
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ATTN WFOS...GJT...SLC...
ATTN RFCS...CBRFC...
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EVENT...COOLING TOPS CENTRAL AND NE UTAH...
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SATELLITE ANALYSIS AND TRENDS...SHORT WAVE COMING IN FROM NEVADA HELPING
TO COOLING CLOUD TOPS CENTRAL TO NE UTAH AND LIKELY INCRG SNOW RATES THESE
AREAS...ESPECIALLY MOUNTAINS SPOTS JUAB TO SANPETE TO DUCHESNE COUNTIES.
MOISTURE MAX WELL DEFINED AT 0.3"-0.4" PWS BETWEEN LOWER PWS NEVADA
AND LOWER PWS E COLORADO AND SE UT.  AND MAY HAVE ALSO BEEN A BIT A
MOISTURE SEEPAGE FROM EAST AND NE AS NORTHERN PLAINS TROF HAS PUSHED
EAST AND SE AND FORCED SOME MOISTURE BACK INTO S WY/N CO AND N UT.
IN ANY CASE VORT MOVING INTO W UT WILL CONTINUE EAST AND KEEP PRECIP
GOING THRU FIRST HALF OF TONIGHT.  WILL HAVE TO KEEP AN EYE ON VORT NOW
CROSSING THE N SIERRAS AND ITS SURVIVAL ACROSS NEVADA LATER TONIGHT AND
WED MORNING FOR ANY EFFECTS ON UTAH TOMORROW.
WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR...
SEE ANALYSIS GRAPHIC ON HOME PAGE 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 4108 11227 4067 10846 3942 10926 3942 10926 3923 11391

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