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SATELLITE PRECIPITATION ESTIMATES..DATE/TIME 02/23/09 0401Z
SATELLITE ANALYSIS BRANCH/NESDIS---NPPU---TEL.301-763-8678
LATEST DATA USED: GOES-12 0345Z KUSSELSON
NOAA AMSU:0010Z/2045Z  DMSP SSMI:2118Z/2300Z  NASA TRMM:2323Z/0050Z
NASA AMSR-E:1728Z/1907Z
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LOCATION...MAINE...NE MASSACHUSETTS...NEW HAMPSHIRE...NE VERMONT...
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ATTN WFOS...CAR...GYX...BOX...BTV...
ATTN RFCS...NERFC...
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EVENT...MODERATE PW MOISTURE TRANSPORT INVOLVED IN SYSTEM FOR  ADVECTION
INTO MAINE AS STORM BOMBS OUT IN GULF OF MAINE...
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SATELLITE ANALYSIS AND TRENDS...OLD MAIN UPPER LOW NOW NEAR THE
SW QUEBEC-ONTARIO BORDER WILL CONTINUE TO WEAKEN AND SLOWLY DRIFT EAST
AS STORM BEGINS TO BOMB OUT NEAR THE GULF OF MAINE.  THIS BEGINNING TO
HAPPEN NOW AS SHORT WAVE ROTATING AROUND TROUGH SWING NE ACROSS
SE NEW ENGLAND.  AT THE SAME TIME BROAD MODERATELY MOIST PW PLUME
SHARPENING UP CENTERED ON 70W AND BEST MOISTURE TRANSPORT/FLUX POINTED
TOWARD MAINE AND NORTHEAST NEW ENGLAND.  THIS MOISTURE WILL CONTINUE TO
ENTRAIN INTO COMMA BALL FORMING EXT NE MA/S NH NORTH AND NE THRU MAINE
AND BEST ENHANCEMENT CENTERED OVER MAINE WILL PROVIDE THAT AREA WITH THE
STEADIEST AND HIGHEST SNOW AMOUNTS.  KEY TO HIGHEST AMOUNTS OVERNIGHT
WILL BE HOW FAR NORTH AND NE THAT BACK EDGE OF COMMA CLOUD LIFTS NORTH
AND NE AS PRECIP TENDING TO DECREASE SIGNIFICANTLY AS MOST OF THE BACK
EDGE LIFTS NORTH AND NE.  TRICKY WILL BE ANY MIX OF RAIN AND ICE ACROSS
S MAINE INTO NH...BUT FEEL SAFE THAT WON'T HAPPEN FURTHER NORTH ACROSS
NE NH INTO CENTRAL AND N MAINE WHERE EXPECTING THOSE HIGHEST SNOW RATES
OVERNIGHT INTO MONDAY MORNING...ESPECIALLY
N THIRD OF MAINE FOR LATER TONIGHT THRU MONDAY MORNING.   WILL CONTINUE
TO MONITOR...SEE SATELLITE ANALYSIS GRAPHIC SHORTLY 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 4801 6764 4422 6553 4262 7180 4609 7265 4703 7268

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