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SATELLITE PRECIPITATION ESTIMATES..DATE/TIME 03/01/09 0758Z
SATELLITE ANALYSIS BRANCH/NESDIS---NPPU---TEL.301-763-8678
LATEST DATA USED: GOES-11 0745Z        CW
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LOCATION...NRN CALIFORNIA...
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ATTN WFOS...REV...MFR...STO...MTR...EKA...
ATTN RFCS...CNRFC...
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EVENT...MOD RAINS
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SATELLITE ANALYSIS AND TRENDS...A SIGNIFICANT MID-LVL WAVE RIDING NEWD
ALONG MID-LVL MOISTURE AXIS IN WV IS AIDING IN THE PRODUCTION OF INCREASED
RAINFALL RATES ACROSS NRN PORTIONS OF CA.  COOLING AND EXPANDING CLOUD
TOPS HAS BEEN NOTED OVER THE PAST HR OVER NWRN CA...AND SHOULD IN TURN
BE REFLECTING LGT RAINS BECOMING MORE MOD.
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LOOKING AT LATEST MICROWAVE DATA FROM NOAA AMSU...VERY NICE LLVL
PW MOISTURE AXIS IS SEEN STRETCHING SSW TO NNE FROM ABOUT 20N/134W
TO 38N/124W.  HIGHEST PWS SEEN RIGHT ALONG NRN CA COASTLINE ARE NEAR
1.2-1.3" WITH NOSE OF 1.4-1.5" PWS RIGHT AROUND 31N/126W.  AREAL AVG
RAINFALL RATES OF 0.1"/HR OBSERVED JUST OFF THE COAST OF MENDOCINO
CO...WITH HIGHER RATES OF .19"/HR JUST UPSTREAM (NEAR 36N/124W).
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SOME LOCALLY DRIVEN OROGRAPHIC UPSLOPE ALONG THE SWRN SLOPES OF
THE SHASTA/TRINITY RANGE IS POSSIBLE FOR ADDITIONAL ENHANCEMENT OF
RAINFALL RATES...BUT GENERALLY SPEAKING MOST OF NRN CA (PARTICULARLY
WRN TWO-THIRDS) SHOULD SEE MOD RAINS OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL HRS.
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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 4162 12315 4018 12043 3724 12276 3922 12610
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