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SATELLITE PRECIPITATION ESTIMATES..DATE/TIME 04/23/09 0454Z
SATELLITE ANALYSIS BRANCH/NESDIS---NPPU---TEL.301-763-8678
LATEST DATA USED: GOES-12 0432Z   LIDDICK
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LOCATION...MAINE...
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ATTN WFOS...CAR...GYX...
ATTN RFCS...NERFC...
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EVENT...MODERATE/LOCALLY HVY RAINS OVERNIGHT AS LOW MOVES THROUGH
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SATELLITE ANALYSIS AND TRENDS...SFC ANALYSIS PLUS IR SAT IMAGERY
INDICATING SFC LOW HAS DEVELOPED OVER CNTRL ME WITH WV INDICATING MID-LVLS
CLOSING OFF OVER SW ME AND MOVING NORTH AS WELL.  COLDER TOPS HAVE SEEN
STEADILY MOVING EWD ACROSS VT/NH WITH NEW COLDER TOPS DEVELOPING OVER
SOMERSET COUNTY OVER THE PAST 30 MIN IN RESPONSE TO NWD TRACKING  LOW
PRESSURE SYSTEM.  LATEST MW PASSES SHOWING BEST PW GETTING PUSHED OUT
FURTHER OVER THE ATLANTIC WITH THE COLD FRONT...HOWEVER IT DOES SHOW
DECENT PW VALUES HANGING AROUND WRAPPING LOW WHICH IS CONFIRMED BY 00Z
SOUNDINGS PLUS GOES SOUNDER AND GPS DATA SHOWING .7"-.85" PW VALUES ARE
REMAINING OVER THE AREA.  THIS SHOULD CONTINUE TO PRODUCE MODERATE RATES
AROUND .2"-.25"/HR WITH SOME SHORT LIVED SPIKES UP TO .5"/HR RATES FOR
MUCH OF THE OVERNIGHT HOURS ACROSS WRN ME AS A DEFORMATION ZONES SETS UP
AS SYSTEM OCCLUDES FURTHER BEFORE MOVING N INTO CANADA TOMORROW MORNING.
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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 4768 6908 4320 6856 4323 7027 4693 7140
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