ZCZC NFDSPENES ALL SPENES WIZ000-MNZ000-IAZ000-SDZ000- . SATELLITE PRECIPITATION ESTIMATES..DATE/TIME 12/09/12 0811Z SATELLITE ANALYSIS BRANCH/NESDIS---NPPU---TEL.301-683-1404 LATEST DATA USED: GOES-13: 0802Z VOGT . LOCATION...WISCONSIN...MINNESOTA...N IOWA...E SOUTH DAKOTA... . ATTN WFOS...DLH...ARX...MPX...DMX...FGF...FSD...ABR... ATTN RFCS...NCRFC...MBRFC... . EVENT... INCREASED SNOWFALL ACROSS SRN HALF OF MN . SATELLITE ANALYSIS AND TRENDS... MOST RECENT GOES WV SATELLITE IMAGERY SHOWS A NICE PIECE OF UL ENERGY MOVING INTO SW MN ALONG THE UL JET HELPING TO ENHANCE CLOUD TOP TEMPS IN A SW-TO-NE ORIENTED SWATH ACROSS SE SD/MN. WV IMAGERY ALSO INDICATES THAT THE MAIN VORT OVER ERN MN HAS NOT MOVED VERY MUCH TO THE NE WHICH WILL ALLOW FOR CONTINUED SNOWFALL ACROSS CENTRAL MN AS WELL AS IN SRN MN AS THE UL ENERGY MOVING THROUGH INCREASES LIFT. SOME OF THE COLDEST CLOUD TOPS, SEEN IN RECENT IR IMAGERY, DO NOT CORRESPOND DIRECTLY WITH THE BEST SNOWFALL RATES... THE BEST SNOWFALL APPEARS TO STAY LOCATED NEAREST THE VORT CENTER OVER EAST-CENTRAL MN. . SHORT TERM OUTLOOK VALID 0815-1415Z... MEDIUM CONFIDENCE FACTOR IN SHORT TERM OUTLOOK...AS THE NEXT WAVE OF UL ENERGY SURGES INTO MN, EXPECT AN INCREASE IN SNOWFALL ACROSS ERN SD/NW IA/SRN MN. GIVEN THE AMOUNT OF LIFT AVAILABLE, WOULDN'T BE SURPRISED TO SEE 1-2"/HR SNOWFALL RATES ACROSS PORTIONS OF MN... BUT LL MOISTURE IS LIMITED. THE LATEST BLENDED TPW PRODUCT INDICATES ABOUT 0.4" PWAT VALUES ACROSS THE DISCUSSION AREA WITH A SLIGHT PUSH OF HIGHER MOISTURE INTO IL/SRN WI. . ....NESDIS IS A MEMBER OF 12 PLANET.... . FOR QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS CONCERNING THE SATELLITE PRECIPITATION MESSAGES AND GRAPHICS PLEASE EMAIL SSDPrecip@noaa.gov . FOR PRECIP MESSAGES AND GRAPHICS ON THE WEB: http://www.ssd.noaa.gov/PS/PCPN/ . FOR AUTOMATED SATELLITE PRECIPITATION ESTIMATES ON THE WEB: http://www.star.nesdis.noaa.gov/smcd/emb/ff/CONUS.php . LAT...LON 4655 9455 4481 9147 4246 9557 4367 9770 . NNNN