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SATELLITE PRECIPITATION ESTIMATES..DATE/TIME 02/22/09 2255Z
SATELLITE ANALYSIS BRANCH/NESDIS---NPPU---TEL.301-763-8678
LATEST DATA USED: GOES-11 2030Z   LIDDICK
		     AMSU 1821Z
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LOCATION...CNTRL/NRN CALIFORNIA...EXTREME SRN OREGON...
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ATTN WFOS...REV...HNX...LOX...MFR...STO...MTR...EKA...
ATTN RFCS...NWRFC...CNRFC...
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EVENT...HEAVY RAINS CONTINUING
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SATELLITE ANALYSIS AND TRENDS...LATEST AMSU PASS SHOWING MOISTURE
BEGINNING TO EXTEND FURTHER NE TOWARDS CNTRL CA AFTER A BREAK IN THE
PLUME HAD APPEARED EARLIER TODAY.  1.25"+ VALUES WERE LOCATED ABOUT 200
MI SW OF MONTEREY BAY WITH 1.5"+ PW VALUES ANOTHER 100 MILES TO THE SW.
AREAL AVERAGE RAIN RATES ARE RUNNING .1"/HR AND UNDER WITH THE PLUME
AND AREA OF PRECIP SEEN IN IR/VIS IMAGERY.  LATEST WV IMAGERY SHOWING
SHORTWAVE LOCATED ABOUT 29N/131W MOVING ALONG THE 125 KT JET...PER GOES
MESO WINDS...ENHANCING IN RESPONSE TO VORT TO ITS NW SEEN IN WV/VIS
IMAGERY NEAR 32N/136W AND FLATTENING 2 SHORTWAVES JUST UPSTREAM AND
DOWNSTREAM.  VORT/SHTWVE SYSTEM WITH INCRSNG MOISTURE LOOKING TO NEAR
THE CNTRL CA COAST SOMETIME AFTER 2Z AND CONTINUE THE MOD/HVY RAIN THREAT
MAINLY IN THE HIGHER TERRAINS OVER CNTRL/N CNTRL CA.
FOR NRN CA...CONVECTION IN VIS/WV ALONG THE STNRY FRONT WITH LATEST
AMSU PASS INDICATING A SMALL 1.0" PW PLUME ORIENTED SW/NE IS FEEDING
INTO NRN CA.  EXPECTING THIS TO CONTINUE AT LEAST FOR THE NEXT 6 HOURS
AS SWRLY FLOW CONTINUES TO RUN MOISTURE INTO THE MTNS AND THE AREA IS
IN FAVORABLE EXIT REGION OF JET NOW AND AS SHTWVE MENTIONED EARLIER
CONTINUES TO MOVE TOWARDS CA.
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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 4202 12100 3864 12120 3668 11894 3492 12132 3820 12447
3989 12560 4192 12529
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